1975-04-09; Central Michigan Life

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55 No. 74
'Centr&l Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Wednesday, April 9, 1975
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Association reps ask
University to fund PB
CM LIFfe PHOTOS BY MED BLUHM
Aerosmith
in Finch
Crowds gathered as early as
6 p.m. for the Tugsday, night
performance of "Aerosmith" in
concert. Sponsored by Program
Board, the concert was in Finch
Fieldhouse beginning at 8 p.m.
Formed two years ago,
"Aerosmith" is a five-man band
featuring lead vocalist Steven
Tyler on harmonica, back-up
vocalist Joe Perry on electric
guitar, rhythm guitarist Brad
Whitford, Tom Hamilton on bass
guitar and drummer Joey
Kramer.
Scheduled to appear with '
Aerosmith was "Baker Gurvitz
Army", however, "The Amboy
Dukes", (above) a group popular
several years ago, performed
instead. According to James
Lomband, coordinator of the
office of University events, the
"Army's" truck broke down in
Georgia en route from Florida.
by ROSS WILKINSON
CM UFE Reporter
Program Board (PB) will not be
budgeted by Student Association,
but will retain funding from the
Student Affairs office if a proposal
by Bill Pilchak, student body
president, is approved by the
President's Council.
In a letter to President William
B, Boyd, Pilchak has proposed a
unique relationship between PB and
the Association, which will allow PB
to retain a member on the
Association Board of Directors.
However, PB will stay outside of the
Association funding procedure,
according to Pilchak's proposal.
THE LETTER notes Program
Board needs University funding in
order to guarantee funds for contracts and needs close ties to the
University in securing facilities and
services.
" Pilchak said he and Rose
Ratkov, chairperson of PB, will
discuss the proposed arrangement
with Boyd Thursday afternoon.
Ratkov said if the agreement is
approved, PB will request $30,000
from Student Affairs next year. PB
received $17,000 this year, Ratkbv
said. She added this year's funds has
been cutback 48 per cent from last
year.
The letter states the
Association, may cosponsor some
events with PB, but Ratkov said only
speakers would be cosponsored.
"The Association will have no
input into concerts," she said.
Pilchak said the-agreement was
made because PB, unlike other
organizations, is a business-oriented
otgahization.
"Program Board was worried
about not having enough money
(from' the Association)," he said.
"They also need funding guarantees
for contracts this spring."
PILCHAK SAID he did not
think the University  funding  of
concerts would hurt the
Association's chances for student
approval. "I think it (J;he
Association) will be easier to sell," he
'said. "That's a big block of funds we
won't have to pay."
Pilchak said Boyd might object
to the proposal because if PB
receives University funds, other
organizations might apply for funds
outside of the Association. However,
Pilchak expressed confidence Boyd
would recognize the special status of
PB as a money-making organization.
The uncertainty of this
arrangement, Pilchak said, was the
reason a special Student Assembly
meeting, which would consider the
Association constitution was cancelled. Pilchak said the constitution
would be considered at the April 14
meeting.
Boyd was out of town and
unavailable for comment.
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Will Association
control funding?
by ROSS WILKINSON
•CM LIFE Reporter
The issue of funding control for the proposed Student Association has
helped delay approval of the Association's constitution by Student
Assembly.
Student Association leaders want students to have total authority over
Association funds, while President William B. Boyd has said the Board of
Trustees must have the final say, according to Chuck Korn, student body
treasurer.
A special Student Assembly meeting to consider the Association constitution was cancelled Monday night and Korn, Traverse City freshman said
he and other Association proponents will discuss the problem with Boyd
Thursday.
Korn said he believed the problems could be worked out this week and
the constitution would be presented to Assembly Monday. To appear on the
April 28 ballot, the constitution must be ratified by Assembly or have
petitions signed by 1400 students.
Although the Association may be voted in by the students, final approval of the concept rests with the Board of Trustees. A
Association members want Association's funds to be autonomous from
Trustee authority. Bill Pilchak, student body president said last week Boyd
had noted any mandatory fees paid by students must be controlled by the
Board of Trustees.
The Association constitution states funding will come from an automatic
$4 charge each semester to students. Students could have the fee- refunded
after registration. Korn pointed out the mandatory fee concept has been
tried at the University of Michigan by the Public Interest Research Group in
Michigan (PIRGIM) and that these funds are controlled by PIRGIM. s
Boyd was out of town and unavailable for comment.
Senate sets up liaison
with Honors Program
by NANCY SIRCHER
CM LIFE Reporter
Central's Honors Program will
be made more accountable to
Academic Senate and the review of
the program will be delayed as the
Advantages, disadvantages
ff-campus life offers variety
Wtor's note: This is the third
I fee-part series on lifestyles
k CMU students. The first
halt with dormitory life and
fcoiid discussed married
and  Resident   Assistant
tyDENISEKALIN
and
8UEGREENWELL
CM LIFE Reporters
I?ny students decide,
1Dle during their college
'■toleave the confines of the
N head out on their own.
F these people there is an
pg assortment of apart-
1»n*l houses for rent, and some
jateresting advantages and
"ges to off-campus living.
hi' forms
e Friday
l^t forms for Spring 1975*
^on must be returned to the
>r» offee, Warriner 260, by
»*-nts who have  not  yet*
■ Wm, also available at the
"** office, still may da so.
ONE REASON students decide-
to move off campus is for privacy
and quieter quarters.
Kevin, Cook, Midland senior,
spent his freshman year in Carey
Hall "which was a zoo." He transferred to Robinson Hall because it
was close to the music building,
Powers Hall and he spent his
sophomore and junior years there,
then moved to an apartment this
year.
Cook said   he enjoys living off
icampus  because,   "there's   nobody
bugging you all the time and: it's a lot
quieter."
A more like "home" type atmosphere motivated some students
to try life off campus.
Luanne Syers, Reed City senior,
decided to move off-campus because,
"I wanted to see what it was like and
I didn't have the money to stay in the
dorm."
"I thought living in a house
would be nicer than the dorm,"
Syers said, "it doesn't resemble
school as much as the dorm does."
"1 feel I can call this house my
' home,  where   as   in  the  dorm   I
couldn't say that," said AileenZiehm,
Owendale   senior,   who  has lived
off campus for two years,
Ziehm didn't like the  dorm
because,"It was too noisy, the rooms
were too small and the food was
lousy."
Many people choose^ to live in
the dorm for a few years to meet
people.
Melanie Mily, Dearborn senior,
transferred from Henry Ford
Community College in Dearborn and
has lived in Saxe Hall and in the Zeta
Tau Alpha sorority house.
"I liked the dorm for my first
year here, because you meet a lot of
people,",she said.
This is the first semester Mily
has lived in an off-campus apartment.
(See "Off-campus ..." page 5)"
James Taylor
to appear here
Signed contracts and a wire of
confirmation ' verifying a May 8
appearance of folk-rock singer James
Taylor were received by Program
Board (PB) Tuesday afternoon.
Tickets for the show are $5
(reserved   seating), $4.50   (early
admission)   and   $4 (general   admission)!
According to James Lombard,
coordinator   of   the   Office   of
University Events (OUE), Taylor is
tentatively scheduled to appear at 8
. p.m. in Rose Arena.
"Although we (PB arid OUE)
haven't received (permission) for the
use of Rose, I feel almost certain that
the concert will be in Rose."
The opening act of the Taylor
concert-, Lombard added,, is unknown
as of today to PB*
result of action Monday by the
Senate to establish an Ad Hoc
Honors Program Committee.
The need for more' accountability was noted by John W.
Schmidt, senator from the department of speech and dramatic arts,
who first proposed the establishment of the new committee Monday.
Appproval of the committee almost
was unanimous.
SCHMIDT SAID he could find
no evidence of a structural
relationship between Academic
Senate and the Honors Program.
"Even the Honors Program
recommendations (presented to
senators at the March 24 meeting)
did not mention a relationship," Schmidt said.
Before the Senate could consider those recommendations, Schmidt said the structural relationship
should be defined. It will be up to the
new committee to make the
definition and recommendations to
the Senate.
"At best, the Senate had a
peripheral role with" the Honors
Program," Schmidt" said in support
of his motion to set up the committee.
Schmidt told senators he found
it "strange the Honors Program is
less accountable to the Senate than
the Institute (for Personal and
Career Development) is."
The committee will consist of
five elected members (all senators)
and the director of the Honors
Program.-
The members, to be elected at
the next Senate meeting, shall make
recommendations to the Senate on
Honors Council membership, functions of the Honors Council and the
accountability of the Honors
Program.
SCHMIDT'S MOTION also
requires the committee to report to
the senators by the first regularly
scheduled meeting of the Winter
Semester, 1975-76.
Until that committee reports to
the Senate, the review of the Honors
Program temporarily is suspended,
according to Harold B. Crawley,
director of the program. He plans to
continue operating the program as
outlined in the five-year plan
presented to the Senate in March.
In conjunction with Schmidt's
motion, the Senate voted to refer the
March 24 Honors Program
recommendations to the new Ad Hoc
committee. Those recommendations
include: giving the Honors Program
authority to:
-^Appoint an  Honors  faculty;
—Provide a planned program of
courses;
—Designate the areas to which
courses may apply;
— Maintain its' residential
learning center in Larzelere Hall;
— Promote its courses and
recruit students;
—Support honors societies and -
organizations and
— Provide activities j and
projects.
The recommendations also seek
to maintain the Honors Council as a
governing body of the Honors
Program. Also under those
proposals, the Honors Program
would be reviewed every five years
and the director, appointed for three
years would be responsible to the
provost. '
In actioh unrelated to the
(See "A Senate... " page 5);
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