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Does queen contest
violate Title IX?
The Homecoming Steering committee's decision to
prohibit males from entering the homecoming- queen
contest is technically a violation of Title IX, an education
amendment of 1972, according to Elaine Daniels,
assistant professor of business administration,
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shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any education program or activity
receiving any federal financial assistance."
The contest itself is not in violation of the amendment, but the Committee's rule that only fulltime
"female" students are. eligible for the contest is a
violation, Daniels explained.
If a male entered the contest and was turned dewn
by the Committee he could file a" complaint with Health
Education and Welfare (HEW), "There is nothing clear
eut in the regulations and you really don't know for sure
what action HEW would take, but they could withhold"
funds from the University," Daniels said.
The Committee did consider, having a king and
queen this year, «:«ec©rdingv to Diane*. Matthew,
hoihecohiing steering committee Chairperson. The'lfu^
contest would have provided equal ppjportunltle? to both
males and females and would not have been in violation
of Title IX, "We dropped the idea because it's difficult
enough to get girls to run for queen," Mathew explained.
However, James Hill, acting dean of students, said if
any males on campus strongly believed they wanted to
compete for the position, a "kingship" might be considered. •
by PAULA PECK
LIFE-News Editor    '
No layoffs are expected to result from the 2,5 per
cent cut to the University's budget, Arthur Ellis, vice
president for publie affairs, said in referring to
previously published reports of job layoffs at CMU,    '
He reiterated that although he prediet§ a budget
reduction-after Jan, 1 with the continuation of job
freezes, at this point there will be neither job layoffs nor
tuition increases,
HE NOTED other universities have indicated they
will supplement their budgets by hiking credit hour
costs,
"Here we will go with cutbacks before raising
students' tuition." A tuition increase has not been
mentioned in relation to the financial problems ahead of
us," Ellis'said.
He said the University should be operating on an
interim budget by Friday, but could not point out which
areas would be hardest fait at this time.
"We haven't added up all the pieces. If everyone
(vice presidents drawing up budgets for their respective.
areas) is really tight we may make it," Ellis said, "But
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the absolute truth is we have no faculty contract wtiH
tienfent as we can't do much without it." t||
Ellis , also said funds allocated to • student' f
organizations should not suffer too much of a cut. J £
"NO ONE is out to cut student organizations. This5 j
doesn't mean, however, in a catastrophe, they will aojfi*
have to take their share," he said. •*£
"Student programs are basic to the mental health ol|
the campus," Ellis added.
There will be nothing definite budget-wise until the]'
Board of Trustees meets Sept, 17, Ellis explained,     i;
CMU has been the subject of three budget cuts fines '*
the first appropriation of $21.4 was approved by tbe\»
Michigan House of Representatives three weeks age.';"'
Since then, the budget has been cut 1 per cent by th*?-
House, one half per cent by the Office of Management^
and anotherl percent by Gov. William G. Milliken.       . <v!
The governor drew on contingency language Within &
the General Government Bill, which states the governor $
0 may cut appropriations if information suggests revenue |
will not hold out to honor appropriations.     ,. ; :i'$
Ellis also predicts the state w,ill not honor its "in\ S
tentions" to repay the University the expected increase;*"
of $200,000 in utility rates this year. '   H
Switch?
Abel eyes administration revision
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by STEVE MORSE
LIFE Editor la Chief
A recommendation requesting
the restructuring of Central's administration to eliminate the position
of provost may be submitted to the
Board of Trustees later this month
by new President Harold Abel.
..   AbeJU who plfiiiafly .took over a§
*4Jef3t?*fs <%hta^ president Monday,
said he would eantkue to 5tudy
various alternatives, but was "increasingly  inclined   toward"   a
structure that would eliminate the
provost position and designate the
president as  the  chief academic
officer of the University.
"The academic program is the
University's most Snineriaat eoaeera
.and that Is where any president
ought to Concentrate bis or her
leadership," Abel said in a prepared
statement.    -
"If this approach is adopted,
trade-offs would be necessary in my
own portfolio to accommodate that
additional set of duties," he .con-
tinupd.*"Some tasfe would need to
be " dlstribptiwl ' 'amo3csg"'r;" vice^
presidential offices."
Abel prepared the statement in
an attempt to respond to speculation
regarding possible restructuring of'
the administration.
Since arriving on campus Aug,
1, Abel said he has been surveying
CMU's administration organization,
looking for ways to improve its
More money needed
Faculty readies appeal
effectiveness and economy. He noted j
the vacaney at provost created by ?
Charles Ping's move to the.8
presidency of Ohio University;,
"creates practical options for change 'i
which might not have existed;*
otherwise." ft
ABEL SAID he does hot believe !J
are^st^ulieitt of tftfin. *l^i$t&
^%K* presidential duties jor the bJfWh
*'flature, function, or aiitftority m'M§
office would be changed." ji
However,   "If  by  aome  cir-j
cumstance that did occur, I would \*
seek a change in the title of the office v
and institute the appropriate search *
procedures."
In eyeing possibilities of administrative^ structure revision,
(See "Provost..." page 10}     ,
. by MITCH HEAD )
LIFE Managing Editor
^ Donations from faculty members to support an appeal to the
Michigan Supreme Court are being
Solicited from faculty members this
week by the Free Faculty. ,'
The -Free Faculty are planning
to appeal a decision banded down by
the Michigan Court of Appeals
^Friday. The Court ruled against the
Free Faculty, which was requesting
a decertification election in an attempt to bust Central's present
faculty"=_ Bniony ^the'- Faculty
Association (FA)
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. three Free Faculty organizers, said
the Free Faculty would appeal the
decision if it could -muster enough
financial support from CMU faculty
members. If not enough money was
raised, he said, the appeal'would be
drooped and the money returned.
An appeal to thes Michigan
Supreme Court would tack on about
$2,000 in attorney fees for both the
FA and the Free Faculty and a
decision probably would not be
issued by the Court for about two
years..
In two years, the present.FA-
University contract will expire and
another attempt to oust the onion
can be made. _ __
'c "TFA President James E^ Hayes
called the appeal attempt "a Hopeless
waste of money*" He aim said tbe
University should not participate in
any appeal to the Supreme Court.
The University had sided with
the Free Faculty in the case before
the Michigan Court of Appeals,
heard May 14.
In a newsletter to faculty
members, the FA said It was time
the "University Administration stop
squandering fiscal resources in these
cases and use the money to provide
equity in faculty salaries."
Hayes called the University's
participation in the appeal "an
abusive misuse of the taxpayer's
money."
"*■ "UNIVERSITY 'CSUMgEL 'J.
David Kerr called the decision, a
■4suprise",and $aid the Court implied
"that MERC" (the, Michigan Employment Relations Commission)
should take a closer look' (at its
dismissal of the petitions for an
election).
Kerr was referring to the last
sentence in the six-page decision
which statea "We cannot say that
this determination constitutes so
clear a showing of error ao to require
reversal." ,>
In a footnote, the Court urged
MERC to provide examples of
petitions for decertification elections,
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Trustee at
Minority ad vis
Election petitions
deadline today
Petitions for Homecoming Queen, the 10 at-large Student.
Association Board of Directors seats and program Board's five freshman and five at-large seats are due today at 5 p.m.       -        ...
Petitions must have 100 signatures and be submitted to the
Student Association Office on the lower level of the Uhiversity Center.
The Association's Board of Director's at-large seats will comprise
the basic funding'procedures of the Association. Five of the at-large
members will serve on a funding committee to' which student
organizational budgets will be submitted.
The funding committee will review and make any changes they
believe necessary. Budgets then will be brought before the Board of
Directors for any additional changes and approval. If a Student
organization objects to its allocation thelbudge.t can be brought before
the second at-large committee, the grievance committee.
Budgets will be approved finally by the dean of students.
The five at-large Program Board seats are open to any interested
CMU students. Those elected, as well as the five freshmen, are free to
serve on any of the eight committees comprising Frogram Bo&rdT
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"Black freshmen who
coma to CMU run into
culture shock, and it is
comforting for thorn to see
an older black person they
can coma fit wWt their
problems*'*
Martha »rowr»
CMU's first Minorities Adviser will ooauEie dutieo Jan* 1; pending
approval from the Board o£ Trustees Sept. 17,
Martha H. Brown, instructor in fifatafy, will h& appointed to the new
position, which Witt be ovferseon byline Qf&o of Student Affefrc*
Brown said she believers tbe pooitioa arooo fcotn fior lawtvcmsat vnth
minority students in %BF.M$®'£.taQskaa and Slack Calttir© clasaoc. "I hod to
have some time to deVdto ft© tlio Qtadeats wtcido say'claoooo," sins satd.
She added, "I was probably coleetefl bocotioo 1 totoraet with isore black
students through my claoceo titoa dayoiio « eqESptso."
Brown said she will Mfffl to* solo % 'hGlpiajj aiiiaorifcy stisifioato,
cspeeially blacks, adjust to totSs aeadocala mi m&M life at CISU, "Blacls
freshmen, who cewo to GMU rma fas® eisiwa olicfils oad it io mmhstMQ for
them to see aa ©Idos* blaclx |fa2c©a ttoy eoa mm® U with Uiok greWoao. t
want feiaelp etadoata have a prsdcaSEW fGae-yocs? ospor!os5co,w «&o saf^.
Plaasing opeelal aifeerfly ovonto fo? noaceoaioc rmdh m$ Ku?oafc'a
\VG0kott4ah&asoQ&Bti(] Djtwq'o muocmo, la aMftku, slio aai«i oho would
Itka to baw blaefs rolirjJoaa cci"*?fco3 af» loao's oaco o meaSla.
According to Brown, her role as Minorities Adviser will not be all*
encompaos&g. She said she also^witi be acting as a reference source for'
students with particular academic or financial problems.
Brown, chairperson of the Black Culture Committee at CMU, will'
continue to teach on a part-time basis after Jan. 1. She said approximately 28
per cent of her time will be spent in her role as adviser. Currently she ha*
been relieved of ali'duties to finish work oh her doctorate,
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