1974-05-23; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 55  No. 87 ,     ^
Thursday, May 23, 1974
fng Athletic scholarships
AAC discusses possible discrimination
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byDAVERlNEHART
LIFE Staff Writer
The Affirmative Action
louncil (AAC) voted 'Monday
Via "express a concern" to
[president  William   B,   Boyd
possible discrimination in    £™ ^ ™ £ * e~
awarding   of   athletic
department.     about      the
awarding of scholarships.
- .AT- ■ ONE -'- POINT, th©
motion was amended to include
a call for studies of the entire
system of awarding scholar-
was
dropped later, but the motion
itself was approved, 8-0.
Concern .   apparently
stemmed   from   an   incident
UNDER TITLE IX of the
Educational Amendment Act
of. 1972, discrimination in any
educational   program   or   ac-
involving a high- school senior* tivity receiving federal funds is filed the aPPe»k Latter's father
Gig "for   the   AAC   chair-    accepted as a freshmen student prohibited. The Department of said in April he was "thinking
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University  academically,   but has not issued guidelines for
turned down by both for an the implementation of Title IX,
.athletic scholarship. Suzette
Latter, Clarkston, is the top-
ranked woman high school
runner in the nation in the 440-
yard dash and fourth in the
country in the 880-yard dash.
although, it hopes to in midsummer. Title IX has'been a
law since June. 1972.
"There is an appeal
currently filed against this
univeristy for not offering-
athletic scholarships to
women," Neil Bueklew, vice
. president for administration,
said. He did not say who had
to express "concern" to    by Central and Michigan State    Health Education and Welfare    about"  bringing suit  against
the University,, however.
"IF WE (AACl are supposed to be leading, the
university on affirmative
action, we should be doing
something now and not wait
for legal guidelines, Jensen
said. •....,-,"-■
Donald Kilbourn, acting
executive assistant to the
president, expressed concern
the inquiry implied men arid
women, should compete in
sports equally. "Are you
suggesting, if a female -can
compete with men, we should
have integrated teams?" he
asked.
"I DON'T WANT to get
into that because I don't know
enough about the situation,"
Jensen replied. "I just want
the; Council to know what's
going on" in the athletic
situation at Central. I don't
want to recommend how, just
express a concern in terms of
non-discrimination," she  said.
The scope of the A.AC's
duties also were questioned at
the. meeting. "Are we just
supposed to look for signs of
discrimination or do something
about it?" Illah Myers, Clerical
S ervice Stafi Association,
asked. Kilbourn said Boyd
"would expect" evidence of
discrimination be brought to
his attention.
OVER NIGHT CAMP SITE-During the peace demonstration in 1970, Central Hall became
Itheover night campsite for many protesting students. Tents and steeping bags abounded, as
Nid students on window ledges. \ ^
library celebrates book's
WOth
There was a birthday'
Mty Tuesday, complete with
ake, punch and children. And
lie age of the honored guest
[han't a secret.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
[fas for a book—the oldest
{to* in CMU's. Clarke
historical Library, in- fact. '
Summa de Virtutibus et
lfitiis,.by Guiliemus Paraldus,.
b 500 years old this year.
pitted in Basel, Switzerland
P1474, when printing was as
|ecent an invention \as
Revision is today, the book
survived the centuries in
pnarkably    good    condition.
. t "THE   PAGES   ARE  as
•Jite and clean as the day-the
»ok was issued," said director,
fr the   Clarke    Historical:
wry,    John    Gumming,
e idea it was to have the
ay party.   , ';'->■•
Fifteenth century paper
fas made from rag fibers with
N water, Cumming said, and
fhe book should be good for
father 500 years.   •    ' -
THE ONLY evidence  of
,eterioration in the paper is in
Reform of a few minnte holes
r°ugh the leaves, the work of
'"kworms. Y  '    •--
' * The cover, which is
leather over wooden boards,
also shows some signs of attack
by bookworms.
- THE BOOK is about four
inches thick and measures
eight inches by 12 inches. A
rubber stamp on one of the
pages indicates the book was
once    in   the    library    of   a
monastery    in    Strasburg,
Austria "before it was sold.
* Printed in Latin in the old
German letter, the book has
"probably had few readers
down through-the years, according to .Gumming. It is a
religious work, he said,
comparable to a book of ser^
mohs.
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P PHOTOS BY BUSTER SMITH
FREEDOM HALL FOREVER-Central Hall, taken over in a'
peace^demonstration in 1970, carried the title of Freedom Hall,
which still seems appropriate. The hall houses military
science classes and ROTC program* which helps "maintain
freedom." When these students named the building Freedom
,Hall it. went down ~in Central's history, forever,, to be
remembered with the hall. .     "
Involves student funds
Starner submits own proposal to Boyd
by DAVE RINEHART
LIFE Staff Writer
A' recommendation for a
new method of funding student
organizations has - been
presented to Provost Charles
j. Ping and President WiNiam
B. Boyd by"Glenn Starrier,
acting dean of Student Affairs.
' Starner . refused to
comment on the proposal,
other. than to say. he made
changes in a; report from a.
committee headed by- John
Males, director of student
employment. ,
"I; MADE  A recommen
dation to Dr. Ping of a method
to change the way in which
student organizations are
funded," Starner said. "It is a
proposal which would have
student input into the decisionmaking process."
A reliable source told CM
LIFE the proposal provided for
two committees to -review
budget requests from student
organizations. The * first
committee would consist • of
from ■ six to nine students,
primarily from Student
Government, which^ would be
. empowered to modify, drop or
leave a request unchanged.
A SECOND committee,
tentatively named the Dean's
Recommending Council, would
consist of three students, three
faculty members and air
unknown number of administrators. It would be
empowered to make any
changes or deletions it. left
necessary-
According to the source,
the proposal would then be
passed to Starner for final
approval.   ,
"I HAVEN'T READ the
repoH yet," Boyd said* adding
it was pot one of his priority
items. "We haven't even
worked out the allocations "."for
the fall for other areas yet," he
said.
THE SOURCE ALSO said
Starner would be elevated ,to a
deanship in charge of student
funds, but both Boyd ' and
Starner said they had no
knowledge of   such plans.
"As of August 1, Dr.
Starner will return to his job as
associate dean ' of students,"
Boyd said. Patricia Giardini
will assume- tne job of dean of
Student Affairs on thair-
date. '    -   P   '  .
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