1976-10-13; Central Michigan Life

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CMU to operate on *35,538,413
4&e7 explains budget adjustments
byJIMREINDL
LIFE Ass't News Editor
CMU's proposed 1976-77 operating budget of $35,538,413 is the result
of a three-part plan to eliminate an expected deficit,'President Harold
Abel announced Tuesday, adding he will deliver the recommended budget
to Central's Board of Trustees next week.
Speaking before Academic Senate, £bel said an expected $815,877
budget deficit was eliminated through reductions in personal services,
equipment, and supplies materials and contracted services (SMCS).
"We're simply submitting a budget of 9815,000 less than we had
hoped," Abel Said following the meeting. However, he said the recommended operating budget is 5,9 per cent more than the 1975-76 budget. '
Sept. 29, Abel announced to the Senate that the University faced an
expected budget deficit for three primary reasons.
He said lower enrollments than expected would cost Central $250,000
in student credit hour revenues. He also said compensation settlements
with unions representing University faculty and staff were'liigher than
anticipated.
In addition, Abel said lowered revenues from the Institute for
Personal and Career Development cost  the  University  $290,00  in
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"overhead recovery" for services rendered by CMU.
In outlining the three areas with reduced allocations, Abel said
personal services was cut by $223,510, equipment was reduced by
$101,976 ahd SMCS was lowered by $490,391.
The personal services area cut means, "several planned positions will
be delayed; all are presently vacant," Abel said. He said he did not know
how long the positions would remain unfilled adding, "There are too many
factors now," to decide.
However, he did say no faculty or staff would be layed off.
Administering the equipment cut will be left up to the vice
presidents, Abel said.
Within the area of SMCS, Abel said roughly half of the SMCS budget
is "fixed," meaning it cannot be cut. This area includes such items as
University utility payments and computer rentals.   '
Abel said $3,684,858 of the SMCS budget'is subject to the cut and
would be reduced by 10 per cent.
He also said he suggested that "variation" be allowed in administering the SMCS cut.!Here again, the vice president* ere administering the cut.
University-wide, however, each department will yield 8 per cent of
its SMCS budget. Abel said the variation would be in having the vice
presidents cut SMCS budgets by 10 per cent, and withholding 2 per cent'
in case o/ departmental emergencies. '
Provost John Cantelon said he is cutting all academic departments by
a fiat 8 per cent rate.
Officials withhold
swine flu vaccine
CM LIFE PHOTO BY ROLLIE MIKON
FIREFIGHTING-Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Jack Lawson (right) helps Vivian Hoxie, Grand Rapids junior,
demonstrate the use of a fire extinguisher Tuesday morning. The fire safety demonstration took place
outside Anspach-Hall, with students watching and participating,   ..      .--:-*-«.—•      . -        .■>.-■
by PAM KLEIN
LIFE News Editor
Distribution of a swine flu
vaccine in Isabella County is being
withheld pending ' investigation
because the vaccine came from the
same lot as that given to three
elderly Pittsburgh residents who
died shortly after receiving their"
shots Monday.
Offficials of the Central
Michigan District Health
Department said there is no information indicating the three
deaths were caused by the vaccine,
but added they would withhold
distribution "just to be prudent."
"All three persons were in
their 70s, with chronic heart and
lung problems," according to Brick
Lancaster, director of health
education in the health department, "Any time you have persons
Separate plans suggested
Reps discuss entrance policy
entrance  policies
was discussed at
for
the
by JEFF ELLSWORTH
and
MICHAEL MALOTT
CM LIFE Reporters
The possible implementation  of separate
residence halls and married student housing
Residence Hall Assembly Entrance Policy Revision Committee meeting
Tuesday.
The Committee was formed to reword Proposal A, which called for
revision of the current University housing entrance policy. The proposal
appeared on the ballot during the September general election.
The separate policies should be considered, according to Marc
Berkley, Student Association representative to the committee, because of
the different lifestyles within the two types of University housing.
. "Before we can discuss the revision of the policy, we must realize
that we need different rules for different types of housing," Berkley,
Program Board chairperson, said.
Discussion centered on the University's responsibility in disciplining
students for minor infractions of the law, or whether they should be dealt
with by a law enforcement agency.
"If I'm going to break the law, I'm responsible for my actions, and
don't need Father, College to run interference for me," Joanne Hammis,
Married Students Council representative to the committee, said.
Proposal A, if implimented, would require a search warrant for entry
into university housing if the permission of a resident cannot be obtained.
If a search warrant is obtained, results of the search must be taken to law
enforcement officials, according to Dean of Students James Hill.
The proposal originated at the Student Association (SA) Board of
Directors Sept. 22 meeting, where it was introduced by former Small
Organizations    Council    Board    representative    Matt    Mertz.
The SA Board voted to place the proposal on the Sept. 27 and 28
general election, where it received 84.6 per cent approval from the
student body.
(See "Reps ..." page 6)
of that age with those health
problems there is the risk of
death."
Lancaster said the department would withhold the vaccine
until a medical report on the deaths
was issued. "They're, jumping on
this, so I expect the report will be .
out by the end of the week," he
said.
He added the vaccine would
have been distributed to doctors in
the central Michigan area today.
Three other health departments in
the state also-have vaccine from
the same lot,   Lancaster said.
"There . is really no information that would link the shots
to the deaths," Lancaster said.
"We're fearful this will hurt our
program by scaring away those
people who were hesitant about
getting their shots in the first
place."
"What could happen," Lancaster continued, " is that many
people won't get their shots
because of this scare, and if there is
an outbreak of flu we could come
out with more deaths if people
don't have the shots."
Kent Gray, health department administrator, said
withholding the vaccine would not
affect CMU's innoculation
program, scheduled for Oct. 19 and
20 in Finch Fieldhouse.
"This will not affect the
University's program," Gray said.
"We'll have a replacement vaccine
by Wednesday (today)."
Dr. Howard Varney, director
of University Health Services, said
he had heard of no plans to change
the University's innoculation
program. "As of now, we're
proceeding as planned," Varney
said.
Gray   added   a ' new   lot   of
vaccine also would be used at the
county innoculation program,
scheduled to begin Oct. 27. He said
the Department has about 50 vials
of the questioned* vaccine, totaling
about 20,000 doses, but added,
"The state already has assured us
we'll have all kinds of new vaccine
available to us."
According to Associated Press
reports, Pittsburgh health
authorities closed the city's swine
flu innoculation clinics after the
deaths. However, the Alleghany
County Coroner said Monday his
office had no evidence of a direct
connection between the immunization shots -and the deaths,
and added the stress of getting the
shots may have contributed to the
deaths.
Inside
CLAY WORKS-These  pieces,
by Kent Da wait, art instructor,
currently are on display in the
University    Art   Gallery   (see
picture page 8).
• Wightman  Hall safe
burglarized—page 3
• Mini-World    Series
begins today—page 12
State schools involved
SA 'boycotts' tuition protest
CM LIFE PHOTO BY SCOTT BELLINGER
MOVING THE MAL,L-?he mini post office located between Park •
Library and Brooks Hall was packed up and moved away Monday.
Officials at the U.S. Post Office, 208 E. Illinois, said the mini-office
was not making enough money to support its existence here. The
station will be reassembled either at Ferris State College in Big
Rapids or Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Meanwhile,
CMU students-will have to find a convenient mail box or use the ;
Post Office in town for matt purposes.
by JIM FISHER
CM LIFE Reporter
Two state student lobbying
groups are sponsoring an all-day
class boycott and march on Lansing
in protest of high tuition today, but
Student Association's (SA)
Directors is not endorsing the
boycott, according to Mike Fraser,
student body vice president.
The Michigan Students
Associated for Lower Tuition
(SALT) and the Michigan Higher
Education Student Association
(MHESA), which is the largest
such lobbying group in the state,
have requested all Michigan
students to skip classes today end
meet on < the steps of the State
Capitol Building at 1 p.m. for a-rally
.featuring student speakers.
Fraser, who is acting student
body president due to the illness of
President Vicki Bazan, said he
supports the idea of a movement
for lower tuition, but does not
endorse MHESA because the
group organized the rally too late
and lacks general organization,
Fraser said. he attended a
yearly MHESA convention last
April In Lansing with Doug
Thomas,  former  MHESA   chair'
person and was not impressed with
the group. Thomas later resigned
from MHESA but was unavailable
for comment on his reasons.
"It is a very shoddy
organization," Fraser said. "Their
idea is good, but their
organization and leadership is very
bad. This, idea could have been
handled well but it wasn't."
, Fraser said CMU received
boycott information less than three
weeks ago,
"They should have had the
information out months ago, hut
their letter only gave the schools
two weeks to really come up with
something, which just isn't enough
time if you want to do it right.
"If   the   boycott   was   well
organized, and if we   were   in>-
' formed properly, we would have
participated," Fraser said.
. Fraser said he is aware many
CMU students are concerned about
rising tuition costs, but he cannot
see anything* to be gained by
participating in,the boycott.
"At this  point,   I  feel  the
boycott would hurt students more
than it would help. I don't see any*
thing   to    be    gained    by    an
unorganized one-day boycott. It
would only tie up our students and
jeopardize their academic pursuits," he said.
Ken Penokie, . MHESA
president, said planning for the
boycott actually beganva year ago,
but information was not mailed to
students until three weeks ago,
because some colleges had not
started classes until then. '
i      "We didn't want to hit the
schools until classes had been in
session for two weeks," Penokie
said. *
"Most Schools don't have,
student association meetings until
the second Week or so, and some
schools, like Michigan State
University, don't even start classes
until late September."
Penokie said the purpose of
(See "Association. . ." page 7)
Odykirk names
contributors
by STEVE SPALDING
LIFE Ass't News Editor
Most contributions to the campaign of Bill Odykirk, Democratic
candidate for state 'representative for the 89th District, came from
educational organizations and people associated with-Central.
Odykirk, on temporary leave from his position as administrative
assistant in the School of Continuing Education and Community Services,
released figures Tuesday showing total contributions of $5,879, including
$2,411 from a golf outing he sponsored before the August primary.
Republican Rep, John Engler could riot be reached Tuesday, but he
announced earlier he would release his contributors' names soon.
(See "Contributions ...'" page 7)
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