1974-08-28; Central Michigan Life

              Agency shop approved
ratifies contract
by LORETTA PIZZO
;*     LIFE News Editor
Voting members of the Faculty
Association Monday ratified the,
proposed new three-year faculty
contract by a.7 to 1 margin.
The contract provides for an
annual economic issue reopener, a 5
per cent increase in faculty take*
home pay, binding arbitration in
settling contract grievances and an
agency shop provision, and was
approved 127-17.
Only association members were
allowed to vote in the election. To be
acceptable, the contract had to pass
by a majority of union members
needing at1 least 100 votes.
Signed. by .bargainers Aug. 7,
the tentative agreement ended five
months of negotiations. It is the
third contract to be {ratified at
Central.
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Immediate reaction to approval
of the contract ranged from relief on
the part of union negotiators and
election workers to distraught for
some faculty members.
•Several faculty have threatened
to refuse to pay the $150 "service
fee" to be charged non-union faculty
as part of the agency shop provision.
According to Faculty
Association president'Robert Glason
some displeasure was anticipated,
when the Association
Executive Board decided to request
agency shop,
"Sure we anticipated some
negative reactions," Clason said.
"We thought it through. We knew
what we were doing and we did it,"
Also defending the agency shop
provision was Martha Logsdon,
political science instructor, who said.
"Yes, we anticipated some difficulties.'You know people aren't
going to want agency shop, bn%\% i§ a
matter of a few (union members)
paying for things which benefit all
(600 faculty members)."
"It's only fair," she .added.
"They all had an opportunity to join
vup in the last four years. They are all
getting the raise, they're all getting
tHe benefits, so they should .all share
in the costs." %
CM LIFE PHOTO BY JOHN THOMPSON
CONTRACT RATIFIED ^-Members of the Faculty Association
ratified the proposed three year faculty contract Monday by a vote of
127-17.
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Volume 55 No. 2      Wednesday, August 28, 1974
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A-Senate rejects proposed
biology graduate program
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by SANDRA L. DICKEY
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Academic Senate opened the
year by discussing at length and
finally defeating a motion to change
the graduate program in biology.
Other highlights of the meeting
included President William B. Boyd's
report to Senate and postponement
of voting on the partial point grading
system proposal.
The new proposed graduate
program in biology was presented by
Raymond Hampton, professor of
biology. Hampton said the department wants^o drop all courses which
previously were offered, only to.
graduates.
These   courses5, -he 'explained*;•
would be replaced by a colloquium
and practicum, Biology 610 and 620,
each offering up to 20 bours of credit.
The colloquium would emphasize the theoretical apprdach of
study, Hampton said, while the
practicum would concentrate on' the
practical approach, including mostly
lab work.
"This program permits  us  to
respond   tb  the   students'   needs,"
Hampton said. "We  want to offer
■j these colloquiums and practicums in
"subjects where we have competent
faculty members."
"We are wishing to salvage* our
graduate program "he added, saying
the North Central Review of the
biology graduate school last spring
brought "depressing'results."
"This would enable us to move
ahead and make a good program," he
said. "We can't do that now."
Opposition came from senators
who felt the proposed graduate
program would change the whole
structure of the University's
programs.
Caiman Levich, professor of
physics, led the opposition, saying, "I
think we should reject this thing.
What's important is we have a
proposition that will change this
University to a different set of
programs."
Levich's arguments centered
around the possibility "each
department could have two courses,
one 20-hour program for undergraduates and one for
graduates."
He then moved the proposed
progranj be returned to the
Curriculum Committee for review
and a report be made on the possible
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"We are wishing to \ salvage our graduate
program . :. It mill change the face of our graduate
school—but we could hardly do better,"—Raymond
Hampton \
effects of adopting the system.
In discussion, Hampton said,
"We are not asking that this be
enacted for the whole University. It
will change the face of our graduate,
school but we . hardly could do
better."
Other opposition, stemmedx from
the distinction between colloquium-
practicum and independent study, •
with some senators feeling they may
constitute the same thing. A motion
followed to consider whether ail
departmental documents under the
colloquium-practicum name
essentially constitute independent
study.
Finally, Senate rejected the
latten motion, then approved sen-
ding'the proposed program both to
the Curriculum and Graduate
committees for review.
PRESIDENT BOYD'S report to
Senate included comments on fall
enrollment, the overcrowded dorm
situation and guidelines on Title IX,
preventing discrimination on the
basis of sex in athletic participation,
issued by the department of Health,
Education and   Welfare   in   June.
The fall enrollment, Boyd said,
is slightly over 14,200 with Monday
morning's official count at 13,939 and
estimates of late registration being
between three and four hundred
additional students.
Boyd explained the housing
situation to Senate saying there are
6,194 students assigned to housing
with 6,003 the ^optimum number the
University can house, according to
Fat Giardini, dean of students.
Therefore, Boyd urged the faculty to
be^patient, saying "All of us need to
remind ourselves there are many
students living in spaces that are
optimal."
Boyd also voiced the possibility
the Federal government still might
be influenced concerning the Title IX
■ guidelines and Urged faculty to let
their feelings on the guidelines be
known thrpugh proper channels.     '
Boyd said .Central will conform
with all the guidelines outlined in
Title IX by the end of this year
except two, those involving grants
and aids for women in athletics.
Boyd, indicated Central could
provide some national leadership in
the area by implementing the
programs as soon as possible.
VOTING} ON the partial point,
.grading system was postponed  so*
senators could talk to other faculty
and students about their feelings on
the proposal.
The proposal, which would
change the present grading system
of A, B, C, D and E to include minus
and plus grades, reads, "It is felt this
allows greater discrimination in
grading and appears to have backing
by a large group of students and
faculty."
Hans Fetting, Academic Admissions Committee chairman, said
recent survey showed 73 per cent of
the students surveyed were in favor
of the proposed system and some
departments also had expressed
approval.
However,   Senate   felt   ftiofe
*4ttput should be obtained .before a
final vote was taken on the proposal.
Student Affairs
aids in moves
Students interested in moving to the Deerfield Annex from dorms
are asked to go to the Student Affairs Office in Warriner 152, said
Patricia Giardini, dean of students.
A list of interested students is being compiled and moving to the
annex probably will begin Tuesday, she said.
As a result of overcrowded dorms, the University has leased the
Deerfield building and will be offering it to students now living in
dorms.
Thursday at noon, upperclass women will be able^to apply for
housing in the building, Giardini said. Initially, the apartments only
were being offered to upperclass males because they are more
overcrowded than women, she added.
Later, the opportunity for students now living off-campus to move
to the building will be offered, she continued.
After   compiling   lists   of   interested   students,   the   Housing
Operations office will assign students to apartments in groups of four,
Giardini said. An attempt is being made to assign students who are
compatible to the same apartment, she said.
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CM LIFE PHOTO BY RANDAL HURSH
NEED MONEY?—By the looks of lines, everybody does! Here
Bonnie Howard, Mt. Pleasant freshman, Janet Engelbrecht and Barb
Sink, both Mt. Clemens freshmen are filling out applications, hoping
soon some of their financial problems will be over.
Deadline Sept. 5
Election petitions available Friday
Petitions and rules for Student
Assembly and Program Board
elections will be available Friday',
announced Casey Schesky, Jackson
senior and elections director for
1974-75.
Petitions are available in Room
2 of the Student Government office
in the lower level of the University
Center (UC), Schesky said and will
be due Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. Elections are
Sept. 16 and 17.
"Campaigning  begins   Sept.  7
and may run continuously up to and
including election day," Schesky
said. "No campaigning or campaign
materials may be allowed within 50
feet of the polls," he added.
These measures, as well as a $25
limit on campaign spending, are
being taken to "more closely conform
Student Senate approves
$25 campaign spending limit
The upcoming election
dominated the attention of
Student Senate Monday night as a
$25 spending limit and a new
elections director were approved.
In addition, Rick Marshall,
Warren senior and former Student
City woman found dead
Mt, Pleasant City Police and
[troopers from the" Michigan State
[Police Crime Lab are investigating
the death  of  ari   86-year-old   Mt.
[Pleasant woman.
Hattie  L.   Swindlehurst,   was
I found by  her  son  Robert  Swin
dlehurst* 305 N. Isabella Road at
approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday in
her two-story white-frame house at
409 N. Arnold St.
A police spokesman/ said
Tuesday night the case is being
investigated as a possible- homicide,
but declined to release any more
information regarding the incident.
Although investigators are
working under the assumption the
death was caused by stab wounds,
the body has been taken to Lansing
for an autopsy.
Body President, w'as nominated to
serve on Academic Senate.
Casey* Schesky, Jackson senior,
was confirmed unanimously as
elections director for 1974*75.
Elections for Student Assembly,
slated for Sept. 16 and 17 also were
approved. (See related story).
Schesky, who previously served
three years on the Thorpe Hall dorm
council, said he was anticipating an
elections budget of $350. This money
Would cover the cost of printing,
ballots and purchasing advertising
space.
* Although elections never" have
had a spending limit,' Student Body
President Jeff Frary, Mt. Pleasant
senior, said the $25 limit was
proposed with the hope this year's
elections would be more Competitive.
"A limit was not imposed in the
past," he said "because there was so
little competition and therefore
spending, on' Student'Senate
elections."
Frary also noted six Academic
Senate seats were reserved for
students. He said Marshall, who has
served three years on Academic
Senate, was renominated at this
time with, the hope he could be
elected again to the executive board.
The executive board prepares the
agenda for Academic Senate
meetings.
•to   the   present   atmosphere   of
elections in the country," Schesky"
said. .,
Polling places will be in the UC
by the reservation and in the dorms,
Schesky said, each dorm having its
own elections director who will be
responsible for voting in his dorm.
Elections directors will meet Sept.
12 at 8 p.m. in Room 2 of the Studeni
Government office.
Positions available on Student,
Assembly include one position 'in
each dorm, 19 off-campus
representatives , and * four
representatives from married
housing. Program Board positions
include five candidates at large arid
five freshmen candidates.
Tl)ose seeking positions must be
full-time students or graduate
students'and must have at least a 2.0
grade point average.
Student Assembly petitions
must have 50« signatures and
students running "must get
signatures from the constituency
they will be representing," SchesUy
said.
Program Board petition^'
require 100 signatures, he continued.
Any Student may sign at-la¥g%.
candidates*'petitionsi but only freshmen sigh freshman petitions.    \
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