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sophomore residency rule
by LORRIE LYNCH
LIFE Editor in chief
Sophomore residency, a
"Vnlversily" rule requiring
Sophomores to live in on-campus
housing, will be in effect again this,
year, but . according to Patricia
Giardini, dean of students, the
University will be "extremely
lenient" in allowing students to move
•off campus, ,
"WE   WON'T   technically' be
waiving the rule," Giardini said, but
added sophomores will be released
from the requirement with permission.
According to Giardini, students
initially inform their Head Resident
they will not be moving back into a
dorm in the fall, and, ultimately, the
Housing Office must be notified.
Noting she was not at Central
during the Winter Semester 1974
when   sophomore   residency    was
instituted for a secopd'yeai;, Giardini
said the residency rule was the same
last year, but studentsi were !not
aware tireyceurd YmToW off. campus
with permission. She said this year
the administration will "yell a little
louder" about its leniency.
TO A VOID overcrowded dorms
next fall Giardini said the University
will "definitely block out rooms for
freshmen and let people who want to
stay (on campus)" stay" as well as
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Wednesday, January 22, 1975
grant permission to move off campus
to those wishing to do so.
Sophomore residency first was
instituted in. 1978 when the administration-was concerned bonds
due on University housing would not
be paid if the dorms were not full.
The bonds are paid with money
supplied frpm student room and
board payments.
THE RULE became effective
again in 1974 when Boyd again cited
bond payments as a reason.
The first year the residencyrule
was in effect an overload of on-
campus housing created a situation
inrWhich five students were living in
some four-man rooms. Last fall the
University leased the Deerfield
Annex to alleviate the overload in
dorms.
President William B. Boyd said
he expects room drawing in dorms to
be conducted earlier than in past
years and nex*t fall's sophomores
may sign up then to be granted
permission to move off campus.
CM LIFE PHOTO BY JOHN THOMPSON
senior,   picks   up  his  student
I.D.   CARDS—Steve  Koeller,  Clare  senior,   picKs   up
identification card on the third floor of the University Center. Students
can pick up their cards between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Positions would not be cut
Boyd asks for new target budget
by NANCY SIRCHER
CM LIFE Reporter
The budget, academic performance and the behavior code
were among items mentioned by
President William B. Boyd at the
first Academic Senate meeting of the
semester Monday afternoon.
In reference to the budget, Boyd
said he has asked a planning com
mittee "to prepare a new target
budget not done at the expense of
service positions."
The University was asked to
project a budget equal to 96 per cent
of the previous year's budget for
1975-76. In the original'plan it was
necessary to eliminate 42 positions,
excluding faculty and "it was
assumed that some layoffs would be
Boyd seeks funding
•for more students
by SANDRA L. DICKEY
LIFE News Editor
The number of enrollment
applications are 30 per cent higher
than last year at this time, President
William B. Boyd announced at the
Academic Senate meeting .Monday.
"We are faced with evidence
that if we do not take immediate
action, the enrollment for next year
will be larger than the budget accounts for," Boyd said.
Therefore, Boyd has asked the
executive office in Lansing to make a
provision for this in next year's
budget, which was submitted in
October of last year.
"We have now asked the
governor that, this be changed to a
15,115 head count" he said. "We do
not know how this will be recieved."
Body said indicators of the
larger enrollment were seen before
the surge of publicity resulting from
Central's championship football
team.
, "If we are not allowed to increase Ihe size of the University, we
are faced with a grave problem—
how to say 'no' to students," Boyd
said.
He said Central was unique in
that other universities are not experiencing this increase in
enrollment.
"We know frbm the data from
American College Testing that CMU
is being listed as first or second
choice by much more than our
enrollment can handle," he said.
Boyd was less optimistic about
the enrollment for Winter Semester.
Although the head count is 13,324
compared to 12,527 last year, the
increase in credit hours students are
taking is Very small.
Credit hours taken this year are
179;285 compared to 175,119 last
year, he said, *
This poses problems, he said,
because the legislature counts credit
hours for the basis of funding.
"There is a continuing decline in
credit hours taken by students," he
said.   "It  is  an   interesting  trend
which is continualIv o'eitin0^ worse/*     of the
necessary," Boyd said.
"Since then we have been
rethinking," he continued. "We think
we have made a mistake."
Therefore, "Our position is to
reduce a 96 per cent budget that
does not take aWay any positions."
AN ENROLLMENT increase
for next year also has prompted
Boyd to seek permission to update
the budget request. If Central can't
increase its budget re'quest, the
University will have to decide how to
keep its size down, Boyd said (see
related story).
vBoyd noted despite the increasing enrollment, there has been
a "substantial drop in academic
performance, or a substantial increase in difficulties," Of the 12,809
studentSHjnrolled at the end. of. last
semester, 929* were either dismissed
or on probation.
The number of students On first
probation! is the highest it has been
since 1969. Thirty-two students are
on second probation, a figure double
that of a year ago. Boyd said 430
students have just been placed on
critical probation, compared to 350
and 250 in the two previous years.
Eighty-five students were dismissed
for academic reasons.
A few changes in the student
behavior code have become
necessary, Boyd told the .Senate.
"We are desexing the language and
the word 'narcotics' will be changed
to 'controlled substances.'"
* THE CODE now prohibits use,
distribution or aid in the' use or
distribution of those substances, The
revised code will include prohibition
controlled substances.
Boyd said he was removing the
mandatory suspension provision for
possession of marijuana. "I am not
taking a more lenient view of its
use," he said. Each case will be
looked at and still may lead to
suspension.
A few guidelines have been
established for the Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act, according to
Boyd. Under University policy,
parents of dependent students can
seek records without the student's
consent.
Requests to see letters of
recommendation written before this
year will be refused, Boyd said. Nor
will students be allowed to see
physicians records, psychiatric or
counseling records. Law- enforcement records that have been
kept   separate    from    educational
records are also exempt from  the
Act.
"There have been very few
requests for records," Boyd said,
since the Act went into effect Nov.
19. '    "
BOYD ALSO addressed the
Senate on the issue of optional
retirement contributions (See.
related stories, page 3) and Affirmative- Action. Regarding Affirmative Action, the President
presented a list of recommendations
made by the Affirmative Action
Council (see related story, page 8).
Estimates for construction of
the proposed Art Building have been
"about ?R1,000 too h'igh," Boyd said.
Plans for the $600,000 building, to be
located at Washington and Preston
Streets, are being revised. The
University will seek new bids Feb.
13.*
Boyd said the search continues
for a dean of Graduate Studies, Off-
Campus Education and the School of
Arts and Sciences (see related
story).
Academic Senate will face a,
series of special meetings this
semester to hear reports from the
Institute for Personal and Career
Development (IPCD), the General
Education Ad Hoc Committee and
the Honors Program Review.
At the first special meeting Jan.
27, senators will discuss and act on
the recommendations of IPCD Board
of Visitors.
Following Boyd's report, the
Senate took action on a number of
requests from the University
Curriculum and Graduate Committees. Larry Thomas from the
Business Education Department was
elected as a University Center Board
member.
University action doesn 't
represent U LP-Bucklew
production or manufacture of"
by STEVE MORSE
LIFE Managing Editor
The University's involvement in
recent faculty disputes does not
constitute an unfair labor practice or
a grievance, Neil S. Bucklew, vice
president for administration, said
Tuesday.
"I don't believe it represents an
unfair labor practice or a grievance,"
Bucklew said. "I'd be surprised if the
Faculty Association (FA) ever took
that position."
Committees review candidates
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Searches continue for deans
by KATHY JENNINGS
CM LIFE Reporter '
Search committees established
to recommend candidates to fill three
dean openings are continuing to
meet in attempts to find the right
candidates.
Three committees are looking
for candidates to replace J.D.
Marcus, dean of Off Campus
'Education, who retired Dec. 31,
1974; Olaf W. Steg, dean of Graduate
Studies* whose position is being
filled by Acting Dean Wilbur J.
Waggoner and Richard Dietrich,
dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, whose, retirement is effective in June.
THE SEARCH committee for
the dean of-Arts and[Sciences has
completed the first stage- of the
_search and has Received 104 ap»
plications.   According   to   William
Bulger, search committee chairperson, it now must begin reviewing
applications. Bulger estimated the
screening may take a month-and-a-
half.
The committees will be looking
for candidates with a Ph.D in one of
the disciplines within the school, two
years academic administration,
.teaching ability and scholarly
productivity, Bulger explained.
The search for dean of Graduate
Studies has been reopened and the
committee has readvertised the'
position in journals across the
nation, according to Chairperson
Clara Lee Moodie.     «
THREE CANDIDATES were
offered the position and declined,
according to Provost Charles Ping*
The committee again is accepting
applications which wiii be due March *
1.
Five finalists for dean of Off
Campus Education are visiting the
campus this week, according to John
Schmidt, chairperson of the off-
campus dean search committee.
They will meet with the committee,
council of deans and others and then
be evaluated on the basis of the
interviews. Three to five names then
will, be recommended to Ping. The
committee expects to have completed its search by Feb. 1.
FINALISTS represent the top
five of a-list of approximately 20
candidates chosen by the Committee,
Minimum requirements for the
position is a Ph.D in education and
administrative experience..
■ ■ . All the search committees are
following University guidelines for
affirmative action in the searches for
new d^ans, committee chairpersons
indicated. They have advertised in
women's and minority journals and
can not use discriminatory practices
in the screening process, they said.
THE FINALISTS in the off-
campus dean search are all white
males* however, .Jan Potter,
secretary to the search committees,
explained there was not much
response by women and minorities
and those who applied did not have
the necessary qualifications.
In the search for dean of Arts
and Sciences, Bulger^ said it is too
early to tell, but they are hoping for
applications from women and
minorities.
However, FA President Robert
Clason indicated the union is considering such action. "The FA
believes the University is using the
disagreement to their own advantage," Clason said. "With the
faculty fighting among themselves,
it could weaken our bargaining
position."
CLASON SAID discussion on
such an action should take place next
Monday at the union's executive
board meeting. According to Ciason,
the FA believes the University is
assisting American Association of
University Professors (AAUP) by.
allowing it to use the campus mail •
system.
Although the FA contract does
not provide for free use of the
campus mail system for union mail,
Clason believes the- Association has a
strong argument because it is the
faculty bargaining agent.
However, Bucklew disagrees.
Campus mail is Supposed to be Used
only for official University business,
but Bucklew told the FA, the AAUP
and the petitioners through a letter
they could use the mail system for
free.
"The University can extend the
mailing privilege to whomever it
wants," he said. "Bob (Clason) and I
have discussed the matter and' he
said he'd discuss it with me if the
issue is raised. But he hasn't
discussed it with me."
In other union-related action
Tuesday, Clifford Weiler, FA attorney, said he doesn't regret filing
suit against Katherine Ux for not
joining the FA or paying the.union's
shop fee.
UX WAS singled out by the FA
as the lone defendant in a suit in an
attempt to collect the approximately
$150 agency shop fee, which is
provided for in the union contract
ratified by FA members and signed
by the University this fall.
"I'd do it the same way," Weiler
said, referring to the suit, which has
proved to be unpopular on campus,
Weiler, who made the final dicision
on who to take to court, said pursuing one case concerning several
faculty members1 refusal to join the
union or pay the agency shop fee is"
more feasible from a legal standpoint. "To have brought in more than
200 people would make a lawsuit
unmanageble," he said.
Contract unsigned
John Dean may speak
John W. Dean III, convicted Watergate conspirator
who recently was released from prison by Ghief
Watergate Judge' John J. Sirica, may speak in Rose
Arena Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. if contracts between the
American Program Bureau and CMU's Program Board
(PB) are confirmed by the end of this week,
Admission prices will be set at $1 per ticket.
According to Rob MacDonald, Cultural Arts
Chairman of PB, a contract has not been received yet
from the" American Program Bureau, which is handling
De&h's lecture tour.
Dean, former counsel to former President Richard
M, Nixon, was instrumental in the Watergate cover-up
trial in which his testimony aided in bringing about the
convictions of four former top White House Aides—John
D. Ehrlichman, H.R. Halderman, John Mitchell and
Robert C. Mardian. .
Cost of the lecture will be $3,500, according to Paul
Ruiz, student affairs assistant. This sum Will be paid
jointly by the Student Affairs office, arid Student
Government.
A turnout of at least 4,000 Central students to aid
"in reimbursing the cost of Dean's lecture is expected by
Ruiz.
Dean's visit to CMU will be his first public > appearance in Michigan and his sixth stop nationally since
his release from prison.
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