1974-02-25; Central Michigan Life

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55 No. 61
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MFE Staff Writer
..j Wick,   Grand   Rapids
announced his resignation as
It body vice president today
Ms "inability  to  effectively
t the student body within
resent administration" as the
,rv reason for his actions.
(•■the same time.  Wick also
inced his candidacy   for   the
,0| student body president and
Sanding of the "Voice of the
eiits:    Constitutional  Com-
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further ex
tiling his
jjjtion, Wick
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ministration, however "he must
realize that his first responsibility is
the students, which he doesn't
not     to     the     ad-
lo
represent,
ministration."
Changes should start with-students
"'I don't believe Marshall understands this. Changes don't start
with the administration, they can
start with the students. Idealistic,
jtes; impossible, never," Wick
continued.
"The students cannot reach the
student body president nor does he
attempt to reach them, there is also
a physical barrier, namely the door
to his office always being closed," he
added.
- With the office of student body
vice president vacant, the Senate
President Pro-Tempore, Zigmond
Kozicki, will fill the vacancjf, ac-.
cording to .the present Student Body
Constitution.
Speaking for the "Voice of the
Students: Constitutional Committee," Wick said, 'We have
revamped the .present constitution
and replaced it with what I believe to
be one of the most workable and
more important representative
documents on any compus in the
nation. In good conscience I could not
simply resign without attempting to
alter the present representative
process."
The Voice pf thej
Students constitution.,
sponsored by Wick;
student Academic
Senator Ral Lundsten,
Off-campus Senator
Cam    Davis, ' Woldt
Senator Liz Len'tz, and ^
Executive Assistant to. the Student
Body President Pat Coe, will be
presented at the Special Senate
meeting tonight. ■ ■   .*
New constitution
"Outf  constitution  does  not
provide for a one man operation in
the executive branch, rather it opens
up, the decision-making process ,to
the- students.' The constitution
proposed by the constitutional
committee of Senate is simply an
update of the 1964 version, it doesn't
allow any sort of channels for
students to provide a cohesiveness
among-students," Wick said.
"In other constitutions,Student
Senate isn't the ^ focal point but
Senate  is  the   one   representative
body of the students. By dispersing.
Senate's power obviously the
president gains power, A one-man*
one-decision-maker isn't healthy," he
continued.
Coe will be running as vice
president on the' Students for
Students party ticket with Wick.
Coe is expected to resign from hi.4
position as executive assistant to the
student body president early this
week.
J,I   am   running   to   include
veep
students , in student government,
thus in the entire decision making ,
process on campus. I feel 'it is
essential to get ' the true understanding of students now, rather
than just go and beg for their votes
before the election," Wick said'.
"I will be asking the students
what they think by going before
dorm councils explaining "the constitution, going to organizations,
club's and students in general." Wick
said.      -
Boyd outlines problems
addressing CMU alumni
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CM LIFE PHOTOS BY'CRAIQ PORTER
BASKETBALL THROW ANYONE'-For the athletes of the crowd at
the Little Sisters-Little Brothers Weekend Carnival sponsored by
AWS, who would rather be more active than eating cotton candy,
buying cookies or tossing rings at spikes, there was a basketball throw
to assess their sports 'talents.
by NANCY CLAY
LIFE Managing Editor      <
'President William B. Boyd
zeroed in on seven major problems
facing CMU in, his State of the
University speech to approximately
75 alumni Saturday morning.
Cited by Boyd as problems
were;
—Learning to live with a
"steady state." * J
— Coping with faculty collective
bargaining.
— Working with affirmative
action.
— Adjusting to Central's,
changing enrollment ' pattern of
having more upper division
students. . *
—Making long-range plans for
the University.
—Financing intercollegiate
athletics.
■ —•Gaining"    general     public^
support for Central as a "new kind of
University;.?' < I ■',;..:■-• ■'•■"":  .<"• ;
Sdyd/" introduced by Phillip
Schneider, Alumni Association
'president and editor of the Midland
Daily Times as "Mr. CMU,* the man
who makes this University click and
run smoothly," also discussed
positive aspects of student and
faculty status and Central's physical
and financial status. (See related
story, page 8) \ •
The first problem, living with a
'steady state," is something
universities are not accustomed to
doing,' Boyd said. "We are used tp
dealing with expanding economy.
The money Was there and anything
Dorms solve own problems
ky DAVE TALAGA
LIFE Staff Writer
PWi CMU's residence halls
« liberalized as they can
.and a Resident's Hall
*ly (RHA) survey showing
Jtudents satisfied with dorm
as it is, some RHA
*fttatives believe the
Mon to having a hard time
t tilings to do.
ginally RHA was formed to
♦ the dorms on campus. Now
sralization has occured, RHA
. been making the large
*they had in the past," says
Winnings, director of housing
** and RHA adviser.
togs says although there
|*»big problems right now on
• there could be a serious
l»year from now that RHA
»ve to handle.
*er or not any problems
year from now, some RHA .
itativcs feel the organization
% from apathy among its
» and students in general.
kp opinions of RHA
®A sets on the proposals set "
but the representatives
'E any new ideas to put
committee," says David
Oxford .freshman   and
*d president who worfced
IA '«st year.
^*ls RHA   should   work
**•>  the   dorms   to   help
**«tence halls "especially if
,*aat to get rid o* if*
■**»tee*tcy rale," *   *'.!*: a
^*J; »** the only connection
** Towers have with KHA i*
that   we   get   money   from   them"
Pearson says. "We're a big dorm '
complex and handle many of our own
problems."
Tony Topalian, Warren junior
and RHA chairman, says there are
more dorms handling 'their own
problems. "I think it's a good thing
because otherwise you sometimes
get single-sex halls making policies
for scattered coed dorms," he says.
However he adds, "When we
need more group pressure to get
something done, like the Barnes
study hall situation we had a while
back, I think we need ■ an
organization like RHA."
' Topalian was referring to last
year's situation when Barnes'
residents felt they did not have an
adequate study facility and asked
RHA to help petition the administration to secure a permanent
study facility. '
Barb Wahl, RHA vice chairman
and < Saginaw junior, thinks some
RHA representatives do not report
to their respective dorm councils
what RHA is doing so many dorm
residents do not know what is going
on.
I Fire protection needs
Although Jennings feels RHA
- should be the leader in deve.loping
new ideas on campus, another,
organization, Student Government
sponsored Tenant's Union (TU), is
taking, a step-in securing better fire
protection in resident. halls.
' Brian, McCall,  TU . spokesman
and Mt. Pleasant' sophomore, says,
[the
New organization
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Creation ,o! » stud«JJ. *iLjdent's  Hall  Assembly  (RHA),   is  a
Would eliminate the ex s^ng^^
possibility, fording ^^"Z   his resignMoti   today, •"
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He said whereas
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to the higher
then the Board of Trustees
"We've had three fires recently.
From what I heard some of the fire
extinguishers did not work at all or
did not work to capacity. Also the
fire alarms did not work. It seems to
me RHA isn't doing anything about
these things."
After the Robinson Hall fire
Housing Programs began setting up
with RHA a system to check all fire
equipment, including fire horns. The
Physical Plant and Public Safety also
work with Housing to conduct
periodic tests oh dorm fire alarms.
McCall asked Jennings to investigate the possiblity of a mandatory fire insurance policy for all
dorm residents. Although McCall
acknowledged it may not come about
■ "at least it will make students aware
of the problem."
, McCall says, "We would like to
see fire-extinguishers in the resident
assistant's rooms and have the RAs
' given the.basic training to lie able to
use them."
Explaining why TU is concerned about fire safety, on campus,
McCall says," There are 13,500
students on this- campus; 5,000 of
them live on campus. That's 40 per
cent 'of the student body and 1 feel .
guilty TU has Been neglecting this 40
' per cent.'-   '""".■••' .,
However Jennings feels TU is
> overstepping its bounds in trying to
tackle campus problems.' ,
"I tKiftf. Student Government is
having a Kigger problem- than RHA
is- in' finding something worthwhile
to dp," he says. "I can see whyrTU ,
woulid, be concerned about things like
■     "■    TU.
the
as a
we wanted to do, we could. You
can't get something new any longer,
without giving up something old," he
added, ^
. Another problem, collective
bargaining with faculty members is
complicated because, "it's a problem
we are not familiar With."
"The models that exist which we
can study are from public schools,
public emplpyees and industry, none
of which are very appropriate to the
university which has different
goals," Boyd explained.
The problem is further complicated by the existence of
"legislative intent" for the spending
of allocated money,- Boyd said. "We
have constrictions placed Upon us
even before we get to the bargaining
table," he said.
Affirmative action, another
"moral and legal" problem facing the
University, is not a product of male
chauvanist pigs or racism but ef
tradition. Boyd said, 'We watot to d* ;
what is right, make all appointments
fully available to female as well as
males and to minority groups."
Boyd cited the fact that all high-
level executives at CMU are white
males and some academic departments are staffed entirely by white
males.
„"We are trying to move in the
direction of involving 50 per cent,
women or 16 per cent minority,
groups and are following procedures
to do this," Boyd said.
A third problem, adjusting to
-Central's changing enrollment
status, was cited by Boyd.   ,
"When I came here (six years
ago) 60 per cent of the University's
enrollment Was comprised of freshmen or sophomores. Now only 39 per
cent of the student body are freshmen or sophomqres. This, requires a
different kind of program*51 he said.
Bpyd said students are not only
redistributed demographically, they
are "rearranging themselves inside."
He said students now want
classes where there is a low number
of faculty members ;and conversely
the department courses with high
numbers of faculty members are not
in demand.
"This is painful at both ends. It's
very difficult to relocate faculty
positions," Boyd said.
Another aspect of this problem,
according to Boyd, is the classes
students are :choosing' to take cost
more to teach than the courses
favored in previous years.
"It's terribly expensive to teach
biology, chemistry and accounting,
for example, and cheaper to teach
the social sciences' and humanities,"
he said.
the issues of today but future issues,
which requires a different mindset
and outlook.',' '    .
The sixth problem, intercollegiate athletic costs and
funding of the programs, was cited
by Boyd "as one,' more than the
others, that I don't evert know how
to begin to solve.
When federal money is involved
"Title Nine of the Higher Education
Act of 1972" states, "If such a school
operates, or sponsors a single team
in any sport at any level of competition   for   which   members   are
A fifth problem, setting up long-
range plans- for therUniversity, is a
new phenomenon, according to
Boyd.   "We   didn't   have   to   plan
1 before;    the    money   was , ,always
there."
Boyd said an important part of
planning is the students and faculty
member participation.  He  said,
> "Every stage of planning decides not
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selected on the basis of competitive
skill and without discrimination on
the basis of sex; and if members of
one or .the other sex'substantially
are excluded from such a team, such
school shall provide, instead ot such
single team, separate teams."
' Boyd commented, "The athletic
programs which are funded are as
male as Ivory soap claims to be
pure." m '
Another^ problem relating to
athletics, according "to Boyd, is the
energy crisis and its effect on
athletic travels. He said the
governor had ■ cut Central's travel
costs by 15 per cent in his budget.
The final problem, gaining
legislative and\j)ublic support for
CMU, was directed at the alumni
association. Boyd said although CMU
still was committed to teacher
preparation, it has expanded to
different areas. Boyd urged the
audience to write to congressmen in -
support of Central as a "new kind of
University."
General Education
on Senate agenda
General Education agains tops
the agenda for the Academic Senate
meeting scheduled, for 3:10 p.m.
today in Pearce 13,8.
The General Education report
calls .for the implementation of
changes in the basic requirements
for graduation, as Well as- the
establishment of a. General
Education Council,
1 All  meetins  are. open  to  the
public.
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