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Skill enjoyed by amateurs
Scuba diving offers chance for
by CHERYL KAMMERMEI9TER
CM LIFE Reporter
Once called "bottom scratching", scuba diving has become a sport which'
provides a chance to explore the unknown and offers challenges to the
daring. '     '        .     ■
Enjoyed by amateurs, the two credit class now is in its fifth semester at .
CMU. . ,,..-•
ORIGINATOR of the scuba class is Steve Thompson, instructor of
physical education. *
Don't let the course offering guide be discouraging when it precedes the
diving course with the title "Physical Education Professional" (PEP). This
doesn't-mean a prerequisite for the class is being an advanced or professional
swimmer.
"If the student can swim fairly wen" and is a moderately strong swimmejc
he shouldn't have any problem in learning the diving skills," ThbSipson
explained. ' '
The class provides two days of pool work, and vne day of lecture*:'The
eight-foot deep pool is used for learning the shallow water techniques and
• the l^-foot deep pool is for deeper diving skills. Thompson said he must have
confidence ia the students before advancing to the 14-foot deep pool..'
The class is divided into two groups. Two assistant divers advise
beginners while Thompson gives overall instruction.
Prior to this semester scuba had been listed under Men's. Physical
Education (MPE) ttnly. This is the first semester women were allowed to ,
enroll in the class. However, very few females are enrolled,   .
"THE SCHOOL has done a fantastic job in supplying the equipment,"
Thompson said* "Central has $5,000 worth of gear which doesn't include the
compressor value," he added.
Thompson advises students who plan on buying equipment to select
basic outfits for safety arid durability,
Kevin .Chrlatensen, Pentwater junior, advises future scuba divers to
rent their equipment before purchasing any. Scuba gear prices run from
$700 to 91,000 and Chrlstensen sold S400 worth after seeing it remain in his
closet day after day.
"The course provides the student with skills ranging from first aid to
reflex conditioning when successfully passed, Thompson said.
Certifying divers is done during the spring, however,'with 120 students
it is impossible for Thompson to individually give the three open water skill
tests needed for "diver certification.' . /
Thompson explained the student can take the class credentialsno any-
professional instructor who then will test him in open water, Either that
instructor or Thompson can then certify the qualified diver.
CM LIFE PHOTO BY RAUL RIOS
BOTTOM SCRATCHING-D&ve Daniels,  Mescosta  Lake  senior,,
explores the underwater world of the Rose Center pool during scuba
diving class.
Abel to modify
Volume 57 No. 7
VVedhesday, September 10, 1975
Ford honorary inductee
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in Coach's Hall of Fame
by JOHN SANFORD
LIFE Ass't. Sports Editor
" President Gerald R. Ford has
.accepted an invitation to be inducted
into the Michigan JHigh1 School
Coaches" Hall of Fame, according to
Bill Odykirk, engineer of the special
induction project,; 4    .
   l^eAalicrfFame^locaterjonthtt''
main floor of the University Center
(0O, will receive the president's
picture, which will hang along side
the greatest high school coaches in .
Michigan history.
A SPECIAL presentation of a
plaque symbolizing the president's
induction"iS"initne planning stages, -
Odykirk, of the off-campus education
offices said. Members of the
executive committee of the Michigan
High School Coaches^ Association
wjll fly to Washington this fall to
present the president with the
plaque.
In an acceptance letter to
Odykirk, the president said,
. "Because of my special feeling for
the coaching profession and because
Michigan-is my home state, I( am
especially happy to be able to accept
the kind invitation extended by you
and your colleagues.
President Ford,.although never
a high school football coach, will be
inducted as an honorary member,
joining Detroit Free Press sports-
- writer Hal Schramm and former
Michigan State head football coach
Duffy Daugherty as the only
honorary members of the Hall of
Fame, now in its twentieth year of
existence. ■
An honorary membership is
given to someone "who because of
past, present or future involvement
in education can improve the en?
vironment in which the state's high
school coaches work," Odykirk
explained.   :
T^h'e .President has . been
Associated" with Michigan athletic**
for much of his' life. He played
basketball and football at Grand
Rapids High School and was captain .
of the University of Michigan's
football team in his senior year. In
addition, he. was an assistant coach
for two years at the old Grand
Rapids University, and. was * -_
graduate assistant at Yale while
earning his law degree.
WHILE HIS past involvement
alone could merit induction to the
Hall of Fame, hey remains a fan of
prep athletics and' "it's not everyday
we have a President whose daily life
parallels his interest in high school
athletics," Odykirk said.
The President's acceptance of
the invitation climaxed four months^
of preparation under the direction of
Odykirk, who at the time worked in
Central's Development Office.
Odykirk received a letter from '
MHSCA founder and 'executive
secretary, Paul Smarks, in .early
June, asking him to undertake the
project. Odykirk-then talked, to Dan
Rose, former CMU basketball coach
and a former coach of the
president's. Rose approved the idea
and the project began.
Odykirk  explained  that  Rbse
gave him the telephone number of
by HOLLY HAYES
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
The administrative role of
provost at CMU will be modified,
President Harold Abel told
Academic Senate Tuesday in his first
President's Report •since taking
office Sept. 1.
The new position will be a
provost or vice president of
academic affairs which will, be
concerned with "the technical,
administrative duties of detailed,
academic affairs," as Abel himself
will be the "University's academic
THE  PROVOST'S  POSITION
at CMU, which oversees all academic
programs, was vacated in mid-
August   by    Charles"   Pihg,   who
assurped the presidency of Ohio
University Sept. I.Abel said his first inclination
was to discontinue the provost
position entirely and incorporate its
responsibilities into his job as
president. After "additional
reflections and refinements in
.thinking" however, he decided to
keep the position but with modified
responsibilities given to the job.
"I still want to be the academic
leader  of this: University,"  Abel
- stressed.
The President indicated his
decision to keep the provost position
partly was due to possible time
conflicts he would encounter if he
had eliminated the position.
"As I reflect on the things only a
G&rald R. Ford
President Ford's secretary, who
directed the invitation to this
President, one of hundreds he
receives each month from
organizations around the country.
Odykirk explained to the President
that because of hht cktSe involvement
with members of the Hall of Fame,
who either were coached by him or
coached against him, the Hall of
Fame requested his membership.
in UC, dorms
Todays elections for candidates competing for Student Association's 10
at-large seats, Program Boardte five"'freshman seats and five at-large seats
and homecoming queen are scheduled at dorms and in the lower level of the
University Center (UC). (
Ron'Koch, elections director, said students may vote outside dorm
cafeterias 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m* In addition, Koch, Flint
sophomore, said students can vote in the lower level of. the UC between 10
a.m. and 4 p.m. Students voting are required to present their I.D. cards.
Names of the elected'candidates will be posted Thursday in the Student
Government Office also located in the lower level of the UC.
Koch explained'he will pick up the ballots from all the dorms and the UC
at the end of the voting today. The ballots then will be fed into the computer
in Pearce Hall to be tabulated. „,
In Ihe past two campus elections only 3,000 students have voted per
election, Koch said.   ■
president can do, I realize many of
the things I'd like to do must be
delegated to the other' vice-
presidents," he said.
Abel commented he win
consult with faculty,* the Senate
executive board, dean's council,
administration, staff and CMU's
Board of Trustees before reaching a
firm decision on the duties of the
redefined provost position.
"I am asking each school dean
who is sensitive to the needs of the
University to provide input to this
question," he said,
Abel added he hoped when
search proceedings to fill the
position were initiated, affirmative
action guidelines would be followed.
Also at Tuesday's Senate-
meeting^ five faculty members' weit/e
elected to serve on the dean of
student affairs screening committee.
They are: Kendall W. Folkert, instructor of religion; Donald )3.
Holland, assistant professor of
counseling; Thomas P. Kromer,
associate professor of student
teaching; Robert H. Miller, assistant
professor cf business education; and
Dolores C* Toms, professor of special
education.
BESIDES THE five faculty
members on the screening committee, five students appointed by
Student \ Association and five
members appointed by Abel will
serve.
The position of dean of students
was vacated in, July by Patricia
Giardini and now . is being
filled by James Hill, acting dean of
students.
Enough money collected
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Voter registration
'es soui
People interested in 'registering students for the municipal
election in November, can be deputized in Room 3B .of the University
Center (UC) today at 8 p.m. and Thursday at 3 p.m. by Charles Deibel,
Mt. Pleasant city clerk.
The voter's registration drive. Sept* 15 to 20, will be sponsored by
Student Association in conjunction with the Mt* Pleasant city clerk's
office,
.Brad Miller, coordinator of the registration drive, said the
volunteer deputies probably .will set up registration tables, for students
in the lobbies and food commons throughout campus.
Deibel said voters must be registered by Oct. 6 to vote in the
November election. ,
Students unable to register during the drive can do so at the city
clerk's office, located in the Isabella County Building, or the Student
Government of fide in the lower level of the UC.
"The officers of the student government are deputized year round
to register students," Milter, Mt. Pleasant senior, said.
A similar registration was sponsored last fall by student government and the Political Science Club, according to Miller. Approximately 1,200 students were registered, he said*
to appeal
by MITCH HEAD
-   LIFE Managing Editor
.Enough "contributions ~from"
faculty members have been collected
■;- bjrthe Free Faculty to make an
- appeal  tq  the   Michigan - State
Supreme" Court."        ""       ":
George Stengren, one of the
organizers of the' Free Faculty,
announced Tuesday. that the Free
Faculty "has attained its goal" to
finance an appeal for a decertification election.- Such .an appeal isr'
expected to cost about $2,500.
Paul Spece, another Free
Faculty organizer who is handling
the .ad hoc group's funds, -was not
available for an exact tabulation of
the  funds. However  Stengren,
- chairperson of philosophy, said the
funds were collected from a wide^
. range of faculty members.
"We can still use more money
though," Stengren added about the
campus unionization battle that has
lasted for more than one year now,
with lawyer fees surely totalling is
the thousands of dollars.
The Faculty Association (FA),
the present faculty union at Central,
has opposed the Free Faculty's
'attempt for a decertification election. In 5«ch An- election, faculty.
members" would" he" asked "whether
they wanted to continue to be
represented by the FA..
FA PRESIDENT JameS E.
Hayes has called the appeal "a
hopeless waste of money" and said
the 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 May
14. However, the Appeals Court
Upheld a. Michigan* Employment
Relations. Commission (MERC)
. ruling which invalidated petitions^
collected by the Free Faculty from
more than half the 600 faculty
members at Central.-The petitions
were invalidated because of , a
technicality in wording. -
The Free Faculty believed, as
did the University, that the "intent
of the petitions Was obvious."
Therefore, the'University sided with
the Free Faculty in requesting a
decertification election.
Hayes called, the University's
participation in the appeal "aii
abusive misuse of the taxpayer's
money" and in a newsletter to all
faculty members distributed last
week, 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." The latter
comment was made in reference,to
contract bargaining that has been
".taking   place   in   recent   months
between the FA and1 the University.
THE   UNIVERSITY has   not
mads a -decision yet as to-whether to
follow the appeal to the Michigan
Supreme Court. Frank Stillings,
"acting vice president for administration, claimed that Hayes
merely was attempting .to focus
attention away from the main
issue—that is, whether there should
be a decertification election.  ''
Vote today in student elections
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