1975-10-01; Central Michigan Life

              Volume 57 No. 16
Wednesday. October 1, 1975
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by CAROL DAMIOLI
CM LIFE Reporter
October is "Women's Month" at
CMU as proclaimed by president
Harold Abel. '
The   month-long   series   of
speakers and presentations of interest to women is sponsored by
Associated Women Students (AWS);
Lauri Palmer, second vice-
president of AWS, said the purpose
of Women's Month is "to provide
's month
calendar set
Oct.!
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Oct.
Oct,
Oct. 10
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct.-16
Oct. 22
Oct. 28
Oct. 29'
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Banana Day '
Jean L. King—"Women and the Law."
Workshop-"Women and Mental Health"
Kathy Powell
Sister Barbara Cervenka presents watercolors
"Preparation for Childbirth" film
and panel
Rape Workshopr-Sponsored by WHIP
Health Care seminar •
Three women's films
Introduction to Assertion Training by
Kathy Powell
Poetry Reading by Marge Piercy
Third World Women panel
IWY Convention by Maricela Rodriguez
Feminism and Socialism by Joyce Pillote
Extravaganza
Celebration Day
. Tickets for "Logging and
Messina" will not go on sale today
becuase of a "mix-up in mailing,"
according to John Wright, Program
6oard Entertainment Committee
chairperson.
However, Wright, New Jersey
junior,  said*'"  The tickets  will
hopefully go on /sale Friday."
"Loggins and' Messina" are
scheduled to appear in concert in
Rose Arena Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the concert, which
are $6, $5.50 and $5, will be sold at.
the University Center Box Office,
Boogie Records and the Record Hut*
on Mission Street.
some kind of stimulation and support
for women,", She added last fall's
.Women's Month' was very successful.
PALMER SAID AWS wiU kick
off Women's Month today hy passing
out    bananas   in    front    of   the'
University Center.
Ann Arbor attorney Jean L.
King begins the series of speakers
Thursday* She will speak on
"Women and the Law" and thl Equal
Rights'Amendment at 7 p.m. in the
University. Center (UC) Auditorium.
A reception will follow in Room 2B of
the UC. ..,•'.'     ■  H
Sister Barbara Cervenka, an-
instructor at Siena Heights College
will display her watercolors Oct. 6 to
17 in the Creative Arts Gallery in the
lower level of the UC. She will'talk
about her work and show slides Oct.
7 in the gallery.
Also during the month, feminist
poet and anther Marge Piercy will
present** reading Of her poetry, with
reception following her presentation.
The month will be highlighted
by the Intercollegiate Associated
Women Students Region Five
convention Oct. 17 and 18. Members
of AWS groups from Michigan,'
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and
Minnesota will attend.
The. Internation Women's Year
convention, which. was conducted
this summer in Mexico City, will be
discussed by Maricela Rodriguez,
Texas senior, Oct. 28.    •
JOYCE   PILLOTE,   asaociat,!
on feminism and socialism during
Women?* Mofith.
-Workshops during the .month
will discuss! women and mental
health, natural childbirth, rape,
health care, assertion training and
lesbianism.
Women's Month Will wrap up
with a celebration Oct, 31 by the
pond in front of Pjtffc; Library.
ining team
Three changes in the University's negotiating team have .been
made as the, University and the
Faculty Association (FA) enter a
new series of negotiations on contract modifications this year:
President Harold Abel- sajd
Tuesday Acting Provost Neil
Bucklew would leave the team and
acting Vice President, for Administration Frank Stiilings would
join the team. In addition,
^University Counsel J, David Kerr
would assume Bucklew's role' as
chairperson of the administration
team*
Abel said in a letter to FA
President James E. Hayes he had
asked Bucklew to leave the team
because of Abel's feeling that "the
person, serving as the institution's
chief academic officer ought not be -
directly involved- in  negotiations."
When asked if tbe FA team had
requested the Universty oust
Bucklew from the bargaining1 team*
Hayes replied. "absolutely not. It
would be improper for our team to
tell the University how to construct
its team, or vice versa."
Bucklew said he was happy with
the move because he now could
spend more time on academic
programs. Since his arrival, on
campus in 1970, Bucklew has been
the University's chief negotiator and
has a long background in labor
relations.
"The simple matter of time
commitment is one * important
consideration/' Abel wrote to Hayes.
"It is my feeling the acting provost
should devote his major effort to
academic policy and interactions
rather than to ' the demanding
dynamics of the bargaining table."
"Bucklew has done an outstanding job," Abel said, "but attempting to serve the needs of the
faculty on one hand and to negotiate
a difficult contract on the other is'
inconsistent,"
Noll Bucklew
BuckldW was nam'ed -acting
provost this past summer after
negotiations already Were underway. ^ s
Bents en seeks support
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Roadblock aids search
An Isabella County Sheriff Deputy stands
guard with a shotgun while a Michigan State
Trooper inspects cars in the northbound lane on
U.S. 27 near Shepherd Monday afternoon. Police
were searching for a Clio man in connection with
the abduction and rape of a woman in Saginaw
about 4 p.m. Monday.
Saginaw police say an 18-year-old Flint woman
reported she was a kidnapped from a Saginaw
carwash at knifepoint and driven to a rural county
road near Chesaning and raped.
The woman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital
and later released. Police found the woman's car
abandoned later that day and the investigation is
continuing.
Radio station details
Details on the proposed radio station to replace
WCHP will be announced at the Student Association
meeting today at 5 p.m. in the President's Council Room
in the University Center and will include the "location
and a general outline of the proposed method of running"
the station, according to Doug Thomas, student body
president.
Thomas said, "I have all the details, but I don't want
the details made public until after the meeting." He
added thai it was "appropriate for the Board to know
first."
ALSO PRESENTED at the meeting will be:
— Organization budgets submitted to the
Association, requesting a total of $136,000, Thomas said
he estimates $73,000 to be allocated to the Board for
funding student organizations. In reference to the
allocation of money Thomas said,'"It will be a very
difficult job for the finance committee,"
At the meeting, the Finance Committee will report
the amount of money that has been requested to the
Association from outside groups, Thomas said.
—A Miller High Life Committee report involving
the proposed beer can reclamation contest. Thomas said
the Miller High Life representatives may be present.
—A presentation given by Oakland University
President John Lawton on the lobbying effort for lower
tuition at institutions of higher education. Thomas said
Lawton will ask for "the Board'* support."
—Appointments made by the Association's
screening committee for, the following committees: Dean
of Students Search Committee, Alcohol and Lifestyles
Committee, Affirmative Action Council, and the
Registration Planning Committee, In addition a student
will be appointed to fill the graduate seat for the
Academic Senate,
' —Discussion about a search for students to serve on
the .Advisory Committee on Military Affairs, the
University Center Board and the Commencement
Committee. Thomas said the Association's search
committee will use the same procedure which will include: Interviewing and making recommendations to the
Board for these committees as it did for the newly appointed members on Association committees.
—A revision to the Board for alternate representatives. Some of the Board members "Want to have an
alternate representative with full voting • power,"
Thomas said.
Will students receive
minimum wage increase?
hy HOLLY HAYES
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Trying, to keep "all options
open" in the face of possible budget
cuts, 'the University has filed with
the U.S. Department of Labor for an'
exemption to the Jan. 1 boost in
minimum wages for all students
employed by the University, according to Frank 'Stiilings, acting
Vice president for administration.
This action has been taken by
the    University,    according    to
Senator urges oil
by DENISE KALIN
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
~ Regulations on the price of oil
should be phased out gradually to
force the United States to explore
for energy source* within its own
country. Sen* Lloyd Bentsen, D»
Texas, told the Michigan Oil and Gas
Association Monday at the Mt.
Pleasant Hotfday Ian.
"One   of   the   mout   difficult
problem* that concerns you (the
association) today is the energy
problem," Bentseri, who is seeking
the ' Democratic presidential
nomination, said. "It will depend on
the severity of the winter as to how
big the problem will be in. the
North,"
FIVE YEARS ago Bentseri
encouraged Congress not to depend
on foreign energy sources* The
Pear$on«Bentson bill, which
currently is being drafted, will call
for a gradual phasing out of
regulations on fuel.
The United States can't' be
.completely energy self-sufficient,
but "can go a long way in alleviating'
the problem/' he said.
People in the gas and oil
producing states want to share with
the northern states and make sure
they have enough fuel to get. them
through' the winter," according to
Bentsen'i "I don't want to drive up
the the pump and see it empty," he
said.
"The public is tired of the
cbnfront&tioas between the
President and Congress/' he continued. "They should work together
for * compromise to help solve the
- energy problem"
Bentsen suggested exploration
in other areas of energy such as solar
and nuclear and to deal with the 343
(See "Bentsen,,.? page 12)
Stiilings, because "we would rather
pay more students at a sub-minimum
wage than have to drop students
from the payroll." •
Currently, the University intends to pay students the new wage,
however Stiilings said this action is
being taken in the event that budget
cuts force the University otherwise.
THE   CURRENT   minimum
wage prescribed by the Department
of Labor is $2 per hour, but on Jan. 1
the minimum wage will be raised to
. $2.20 per hour.
Stiilings said certain in-,
stitutions, such as colleges and
universities, are given the option by
the Department of Labor of filing for
an exemption from the minimum,
wage law,
"Since the University budget
still isn't settled, we need to keep all
possible avenues .open in the- case
that the budget- is cut- again,"
Stiilings said. "We want to .keep aD
the students who are presently on*
the payroll working and we Won't
use the exemption unless we have
to."
Notices  required  by law  announcing   the   possibility   of   sub-
minimum wage pay to students will
be posted on campus soon, Stiilings'
said.    .
Stiilings said the University
recognizes the importance- of
security to student employes and
students should be assured there
will be no reduction in their wage
"ALL   WE   ARE  DOING  by
filing this exemption is to allow us to
keep-student wage rates at their
(See "University..." page 12,
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