1975-04-11; Central Michigan Life

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ssociation to work
nder Board guidelines
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irjie proposed Student
Lociation will be semi-autonomous
uthe University as a result of a
leeting between President William
goyd and student leaders late
fiiursday afternoon.
It Student Body President Bill
jjjdiak said after the meeting the
Kociation would work under the
I of Trustee guidelines.
Pilchak said Boyd suggested
Lt he (Pilchak) draw up a list of
Introls to be incorporated by the
iard of Trustees as guidelines of
Association. He said the
frustees still would have some
„.._! over the funds, but for the
L part the Association could use
it funds as it wanted.
"I would expect the guidelines
Ever only legal aspects,  that the
Association could do nothing ...
violation with the laws of Michigan
or the policies set by the Attorney
General," Pilchak said.
"This is all the autonomy we
need, I cannot see the guidelines
extend over the legal aspects,"
Pilchak added.
Previously, Association leaders
had said the Association would be
autonomous of the University with
its funding obtained through
charging students a $4 fee. This
charge would be assessed with the
normal tuition and fees and could be
refunded upon request after
registration.
However, in a letter to Pilchak
last week and at the Thursday
meeting, Boyd indicated that kind of
financing would not be acceptable.
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"This is all the
autonomy we need, lean-
not see the guidelines ex^
tending over the legal
aspect"-Bill Pilchak,
student body president
Bill Pilchak
]B offered
\hree choices
Three alternatives to solve the funding problem between Program
ferdlPB) and Student Assocaition were outlined at a meeting Thursday
|rnoori, .-•••.■«
j President William B. Boyd and Patricia Giardini, dean of students, met
It Student Association and PB representatives to work out the problem of
j will fund PB.
Boyd said PB's options include total funding by Student Association,
iding from the University general fund as a line item and funding from
[University  with a reduced Student Assocaition fee.
JiBoyd said it would make no difference to the University which alter-
live is used. »■
(The meeting stemmed from a letter sent last week in which Pilchak
■posed to Boyd that the unique status of PB, as a money-making
pnization, qualified PB to be funded by the University, while still
pining a seat on the Association's Board of Directors.
j Under the first alternative, PB would be funded by the Assocaition only,
[the University would assist PB in obtaining contracts, facilities and
pes, according to Pilchak.
THE SECOND alternative would allow PB, in the beginning, to receive
pfrom the University as a line item with   the stipulation the University
P be reimbursed as soon as the Association was able, Pilchak said.
[Thirdly, PB would be budgeted through the administration only, with a
psponding reduction in Association fees. (Therefore, if PB was budgeted
iOOO, the $4 Association fee would have to be reduced proportionately.
IPilchak indicated the Association would accept PB's preference.
jfB publicity chairperson Marc Berkley said PB had made no decision
piling the options as of Thursday evening.
tyring blossoms
■l|w CM LIFE PHOTO 8Y JOHN THOMPSON
h^SPRlNG~A lone *»MP blossoms on campus to give students
"pe that warmer weather is not far ahead.
"If. the Board of Trustees used
its legal power to collect the fee as
condition of registration at the
University, then the Board will also
be responsible for the expenditure of
the monies, which will be subject to
audit by the State Auditor General,
Boyd's letter stated.
Thus, an agent of the Board
would be .required to give final
approval to allocations before the
spending could be  authorized,  according to the letter.
"Any plan that tries to gloss
over that harsh fiscal and legal
reality is doomed to failure," the
letter continued. "If you desire
complete autonomy, you should
design a system that does not
depend on the Board to coerce
students into paying a fee. A
(See "Association . . . "page 14)
"The Board of
Trustees collects these
fees and it would be
irresponsible of them to
not be in control"-President William
B. Boyd.
President Bo
Volume 55 No. 75
Friday, April 11, 1975
PB denies allegations
Two students charge
band cancelled earlier
by DAVID N.BRABOY
CM LIFE Reporter
Two students have charged
Program Board (PB) knew six days
before Tuesday's "Aerosmith"
concert that"Baker-Gurvitz Army,"
the show's opening band, would not
appear and that it withheld the
information because of a possibly
large refund demand.
According to John Sheffler,
Milford senior and Tim Bureau, Mt.
Pleasant senior, PB knew April 2
"Baker-Gurvitz" had cancelled its
appearance and was to be replaced
with "Ted Nugent and the Amboy
Dukes.*" ~    " '—»
HOWEVER, Rose Ratkov,
chairperson of PB, said "I didn't
know about the cancellation until 6
p.m. Monday (April 7) night." Jeff
Wright, entertainment chairperson
of PB, also denied knowing about the
cancellation until Monday night.
Sheffler said, "I was told April 2
by PB member Steve Gotcher that
'Baker-Gurvitz' wouldn't be here and
Ted Nugent would take its place. But
when I later called the PB office and
talked with Jeff Wright, he
disavowed this."
Whencontacted, Gotcher denied
Sheffler's statement. "All I can say,"
he said, "is that I received a call at 10
p.m. Monday from John Wright (PB
entertainment vice chairperson! who
said that the 'Baker-Gurvitz' truck
had broken down."
Gotcher declined further detail
adding "I don't want to say anything
that might get PB into trouble."
According to an employe at One
store distributing tickets for the
concert, he asked a PB representative who had called him, if 'Baker-
Gurvitz' cancelled and she answered
that they had.
Ron Horning, owner of The
Record Hut, one of the ticket
distributing stores, said, "I think we
knew last week about a rumor tliat
'Baker-Gurvitz' wouldn't be here,
but how the message got here I can't
be accurate about since I don't work
at the front desk."
JEFF WRIGHT, Howell
senior, claimed PB never notified the
stores April 2, "I was officially
notified late Monday night that
'Baker-Gurvitz' wasn't coming after
their truck broke down that afternoon," he said.
In explaining the second charge
of possible large refund demands,
Bureau said, "We wouldn't bitch
whatsoever if PB had merely informed the students on radio that
'Ted Nugent' was going to be there
instead of 'Baker-Gurvitz'. I think PB
didn't tell the students because they
were afraid they weren't going to
sell out and knew some people were
coming to see 'Baker-Gurvitz' and
they didn't want a refund problem."
Kip Cantrick, vice chairperson
of PB, said he relied on the speaker
system on the roof of Finch to inform
the students in line of the cancellation and refund availability
instead of radio broadcasts. "I felt
that was the best coverage for the
students at the time."
According to Cantrick, PB
issued continuous announcements
starting at 6:15 p.m. that "Baker-
Gurvitz" was cancelled and "Ted
(See "Did PB . . . "page 14)
CM  LIFE PHOTO BY GEORGE  BEfJISEK
CAREER OPPORTUNITY--Wanda Howell, Muskegon junior, listens to Capt. Wilson explain the Army's:
Reserve Officers Training Corps during Minority Career Awareness Day Wednesday.
University more lenient
New drug policy takes effect
by PAM JAHNKE
CM LIFE Reporter
A more lenient drug policy has
been adopted by the University as
one of a few revisions in the "student
rights and responsibilities handbook" made public Wednesday by
Patricia Giardini, dean of students.
The handbook, which has been
undergoing revision since last fall,
had required mandatory suspension
of students' for "illegal possession or
use of hallucinogenic or narcotic
■drugs."
GIARDINI SAID she bad been
receiving complaints from students
and resident assistants about the
section) which now has been deleted1"
from the handbook.
"Now, hopefully we are trying
to contrql substances—particulary
marijuana. We can deal with it as we
think   it's    serious,"   explained
Giardini. Under the revised hand- ,
book, a student charged with using
drugs may be warned  or put on
probation.
"This gives us a lot of leeway,"
Giardini said. She said the
University has been operating on
this ruling since Jan. 17 and has
handled several cases.
According to Giardini, the
revision of the drug policy has been
effective in "cutting the thing down"
because students are more willing to "
cite others for use of pot because
they believe the punishment is fair.
Another revision in the student
code concerns hearing procedures
for students charged with violations
of conduct. In the past, students
could indicate a" preference for a
hearing  officer,  but  now  hearing
officers will be assigned by the
University President.
According to Giardini, the
president always had the informal
right to review the decision of a
hearing officer, but now the handbook explicitly states that right.
HOWEVER, the student now
may ask the Board of Trustees to
review the decision and "it will be
their choice to/pursue it," Giardini
said.
A   complete   addition   to   the
handbook is entitled "Behavorial
Contract", and states if a student
does not comply with the specified
behavior the student may be
suspended.
The last time the student code
was revised was- in January 1973.
The President's Council, the Board
of Trustees, University Counsel J.
David Kerr and Giardini worked
together to draft this year's
revisions, Giardini said.
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