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Volume 58 No. 13
Wednesday September 29, 1976
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Student elect reps;
support SA proposal
by JEFF ELLS WORTH
CM LIFE Reporter
Students, turning out at the
polls is the largest number in
recent campus election history,
overwelmingly paaed a recom-
mondation to revise the current
University housing entrance
policy, voted in Student
Association and Program Board
representatives and elected the.
1976-77 Homecoming queen and
court..
Voter turnout from Monday
and Tuesday's student elections
was estimated at 16 per cent by
Elections Director Don Loose.
Students voted 1969-358 in support
of revising the current entrance
policy which allows "The
University, its agents or employes,
access to inspect the leased
premises and access for the purpose of health, safety and general
welfare including repairs and
maintenance."
The prososal on the student
ballot read "No person may enter
any Cental Michigan University
housing without the permission of
one of the residents present or a
search warrant. If no resident is
present, one must have a signed,
dated document from one of the
residents. This permit will expire
30 days after signature.
The proposal now will be taken
to President Harold Abel in an
effort to change the current policy.
Students also elected Robin
Diebel, Farmington Hills senior, as
Homecoming queen with 659 votes
(26.1 per cent). Members of the
court are Denise Tobin. Alma
senior, 584'votes (23.1 per cent);
Sue Kliber, Grosse Ille senior, 380
votes (13.1 per cent); Mary JojVitu,
Saginaw junior, 241 votes (9.5 per
cent); Karen Miles, Grand Rapids
junior, 161 votes (6.4 per cent).
Others competing for the
postion were Sue Langhart,
Lansing junior (152 votes); Pat
Boyce, North Bradley senior (139
votes); Deb DeSantis, Warren
senior (109 votes); Nildta Justice,
Mt. Morris sophomore(88 votes);
. and Janis Leslie, Cheboygan senior
(65 votes).
The two freshman at-large
candidates elected to the Student
Association Board of Directors are!
BradStroud.Muskegon freshman.
andAdam Garcia, Saginaw freshman. Stroud and Garcia won the
seats with 33.1 and 29.9 per cent of
the  vote   respectively.
Students elected to Program
Board (PB) representative at-Iarge
seats are Lisa Wilson, Grosse
Pointe sophomore and John Blackburn, Riverview junior. Wilson and
Blackburn defeated Pat Kilbourn,
Reese junior, and Ken Menton,'
White Pigeon junior with 24 and
18.3 per cent of the vote respectively, Chet Janik, Cedar
sophomore, will serve as the PB
sophomore  representative.
Only two of five open PB
freshman representative seats
were filled since only Cindy Davis,
Dewitt freshman, and Paula
Triplett, Grand Rapids freshman
ran for the positions.
The final vote total for the
two-day elction was 2615, approximately 16 per cent of the
student body, Loose, Dearborn
Heights senior, said.
■RAD OREWYOR
PHILOSOPHICAL--Provost John Cantelon stressed an increased'importance of future planning and administrative openness in his first major address to faculty members since joining Central this summer.
Cantelon also told faculty he will schedule a series of informal sessions to gather input on issues affecting
higher education.
Faculty input 'valued'
Provost stresses planning
by HOLLY HAYES
LIFE Managing Editor
Stressing the need for active
University planning for the future,
Provost John Cantelon set the
mood Tuesday night for increased
openness between faculty members and CMU's'administration.
To deal effectively with the
Central faces deficit
as credit hours decrease
by CAROL OAMIOLI
CM1.IFEReporter ••>••« ■*•—*
CMU faces an $800,000 deficit
in its $30 million operating budget
because the number of student
credit hours registered this
semester is fewer than University
officials had anticipated.
President Harold' Abel told
Academic Senate at the meeting
Tuesday CMU wiil have to adopt
"belt-tightening" measures. Abel
said the University budget would
be presented to the Board of
Trustess Oct. 20 and to the Senate
after Trustees had acted on it.
Arthur Ellis, vice president for
public affairs, said University
officials would meet today to
discuss ways of dealing with the
deficit.
"It's going to be rough," Ellis
said, "but I wouldn't want to
speculate as to what we will decide
to do."
In other action, Senate elected
members of two committees who
will frame the details of the
University Program (UP).
Faculty members of the UP
Implementation Committee include
Ken Folkert, assistant professor of
religion;  Christ«L Kamenetskyt .
Inside
BIG BOUNCE-A CMU soccer
player takes it on the head
during Monday's 2-0 win. (See
story page 14)
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associate profeaor of English;
Stanley Hirechirphysicsprofe^sor;
C*|l Scheel, biology professor;
George Blackburn, history
professor;' Neil Story, associate
professor of business and administration, and Elizabeth Mills,
assistant professor of home
economics.
Student members of the
committee are Joy Esterline,
Reading junior, and Mark
Dougher, Northville junior.
Faculty members of the UP
Basic Competency Committee are
Regina Hoover, assistant professor
of English; Joy Pastucha, assistant
professor of library science;
William Schempf, professor and
chairperson of music; James
Walling, speech and dramatic arts
professor; and Delano Wegener,
assistant professor of mathematics.
Student members of this
committee are Kathy Jennings,
Battle Creek junior, and Mike
Knapp, Southfleid junior.
Senate elected two members
to the Board of Trustees Liaison
Committee. They are Roy
Burlington, biology professor, and,
Duane Wood, asistant professor of
business and administration.
Adelyn Dougherty, professor
of English and dean Of the School of
Arts and, Sciences, moved to set
aside the agenda in order to introduce a resolution .calling for
Senate support of a University-
wide symposium. The symposium,
scheduled for Oct. 19, 20 and 21,
Will include speakers on values
clarification.
Wood questioned whether
Senate should get involved in
approving such resolutions.
After'seme dhwosskn, Senate
voted to set aside the agenda and
approved the rewlotfoa. It urge*
stndents, faculty »and administrators to participate ia the
symposium. ",   ■       %
A vacancy on the Bachelor of
Individualized Studies committee
was filled by Hal Crawley,
associate professor of secondary,
education. One- vacancy still
remains on that committee.
Randy Bell, Caledonia junior,
was elected to the Teacher
Preparation Council.
Dava McDowell, assistant
professor of mathematics, and Ken
McCleary. assistant professor of
business and administration, were
elected to the Department of
Public Safety Liaiwm Committee,
Before Senate approval of the
gradation list, Hye* Flltotf,,
associate professor of philosophy,
asked what'would happen if the list
were 'not approved, normally <&
routine Senate proceedure.
When no satisfactory answer
could be agreed upon, David
Current, associate professor of
physics, moved the Senate
Executive Board "ascertain and
present to Senate facts associated
with apreval of the graduation
list." Senate approved the motion.
(See "Committee
page 7)
problems facing Central and higher
education in general, Cantelon told
faculty members, "I will value your
comments and criticisms."
To accomplish increased input
and .comment from faculty
members, Cantelon plans a series
of informal "seminar-type" sessions
which will deal with specific issues
and problems facing higher
education.
Cantelon also stressed a "back
to basics" philosophy regarding
cu,rricular planning and the
University's responsibility to
provide students with an education
which "is relevant to their future."
"What I am suggesting is that
curricular planning should be
something of an exercise in
prophecy," he said, adding, "The
developing art of what are termed
'future, studies' demonstrates that
fundamental ingredients for
forecasting are derived from
historical studies."
Faculty research plays a key
role in the future dimension of the
academic     planning     process, '
Cantelon commented.
The need for developing interdisciplinary studies also is part of
the future picture. "Neither the
present world nor any possible
future one is organized along neat
disciplinary lines," he said.
"Projecting alternative models for
the future will necessitate an increase in the inter-disciplinary
activity which already is a
characteristic of many aspects of
CMU's programs."
Realistically, however,
Cantelon added, "I do not underestimate the difficulty involved
in moving in the direction of
maximizing inter-disciplinary and
multi-disciplinary efforts. Further,
I do not believe that such activities
are furthered by any attempt to
root out the departmental system
of academic organization which has
been so fruitiful in so many ways."
Cantelon also stressed the
need for courage on the part of the
facility when approaching alternative planning ideas.
"It takes fortitude or courage
to change one's mind, to develop a
broader view of reality, to risk
exploring the unfamiliar, and to
grow as a person. Courage is
generally drawn from a supportive
structure—a community."
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And     the    challenge
developing the concept of '
munity' is seen as a necessity
Cantelon.
"Community," Cantelon explained, is "our shared membership
in the academic family of CMU and
the social community of Mt,
Pleasant." It also is an intangible
academic climate which fosters the
best in those paticipating in the
interaction process.
"We are sufficiently committed to undergraduate education
to have a common principal focus.
We are a size where community is
still possible. I believe that there is
something in each one of us which
draws us towards social interaction." he said.
Acheiving "community," he
said, rests primarily with the
faculty, however. "Certainly the
provost may facilitate it and indeed, being a facilitator is, as I see
it, a primary task of a provost—to
enable things to take place which
are fundamental to the teaching
and learning process."
"We must encourage those
shared experiences which bind
people together," he added.
Queen, court reflect diversity
Denise Tobin
sponsored by Tate Hall
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Sue Kliber
sponsored by Woldt-Erornons Dorm Council
MaryJoVitu
sponsored by Barnard Malt
Robin Diebel
sponsored by Carey Doim Council  ,
QUEEN AND COURT-Robin Diebel, Farmington Hills senior, was
elected Homecoming queen following Monday and Tuesday's
student elections. Women elected to the J976 Homecoming court are
Denise Tobin, Alma senior; Sue Kliber, Grosse tile senior; Mary Jo
Vitu, Saginaw junior; and Karen Miles, Grand Rapids junior. The
queen and her Court were elected from a group of 10 finalists. ,     '
KarenMffes
sponsored by Wheelor Dorm Council
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