1974-09-11; Central Michigan Life

              Faculty, students react favorably
onljl
ijxal
-Senate ok's partial point system
by SANDRA L.DICKEY
yFE Ass't. News Editor
Academic Senate yoted to adopt
proposed partial point grading
ero at its meeting Monday after
itjw discussion including inaction and subsequent rejection
different system than the one
Other Senate action included
If Frary, Mt. Pleasant senior and
Lent body president, being
tted to the Executive Board of
Bate and President William B.
lyd's report, centering on his
llanation of intention to sign the
lulty contract. This action, he said,
Ld not be a bar to a possible
[ction to decertify the Faculty
Isociation.
At the   end   of  the   meeting,
■old Tremain, assistant professor
Accounting, moved Senate set up a
Immittee "to fill the void" possible
certification of the  union  would
Jiise.
When asked if this committee
aid   take    the    place    of    the
Irgaining      agent,       Tremain
responded positively. His motion
was ruled out of order by Thomas
Miles, Senate chairman and'assistant
professor of mathematics because it'
was not on the agenda.
SENATE'S VOTE on the partial
point grading system came alter
several senators reported favorable
reactions from their departments as
well as from students with very little
negative response,
Before the voting, however,
Ronald Johnstone, professor of
sociology and anthropology,  in-
A
4.0
C
2.0
A-
3.7
C-
1.7
B+
3.3
D+
1,3
B
3.0
D
1.0
B-
2.7
D-  '
0.7
C+
2.3
E
0.0
troduced a different system, one
used by many universities, including
Michigan State University.
Johnstone's proposed system
excluded letter grades and allowed
for- in-between points with 3.5 being
equivalent to A-, B+; 2.5 equivalent
to B-, C+ and 1.5 equivalent to C-,
D-t-. The D minus grade was
eliminated in a motion by Senate.
The proposal which was adopted
is the grading system now used for
graduate students and allows for
minus and plus grades which will
show on a student's transcript x(see
box}. The proposal goes into effect
next fall with publication of the 1975-
1976 catalog.
In President Boyd's report to
Senate he confirmed his intention to
Volijme 55
oyd signs contract
formal ceremony
ratify the faculty contract at 6 p.m.
Monday (see related story) saying
that at a special session Saturday,
the Board of Trustees voted to
approve signing of the contract.
Boyd further said, "In all
arguments that may lie ahead, I
would hope our conduct will be
becoming to a University community. I don't think we are getting
off to a very good start."
During questioning, Boyd was
asked about his position on the
University" calendar, and the five-
week break between semesters, of
which he has spoken unfavorably.
"There is so little you can do
with a Michigan January; why not
save it (the break) for a Michigan
spring or a Michigan fall?" he asked.
Boyd suggested the possibility
of conducting a mini-session in
January, to which Provost Charles
Ping replied, "One issue debated
'(when the calendar was set) was if
you were to choose a time when
mini-session would be most
productive, the May and early June
period is a more attractive period for
certain programs." i
Discussion, ended with Boyd's
resolution to look into whether
'January sessions have worked in
other institutions.
In other Senate action, Frary
was elected to replace Rick Marshall;
Warren senior and former student
body president, on the Executive
Board. Marshall, because he already
has served two terms in Senate, was
not eligible for the position.
Other business during ■ the
meeting included:
—Postponement of a change in
the Recreation and Parks Administration courses from one to six
hours, to one to 20 hours until the
results of the biology program's
similar request are given by the
Curriculum and Graduate committee.
—Election of Joyce Pillote,
associate professor of philosophy;
Rick Marshall, Warren senior and
Betty Cogger, South Lyon senior, to
the Liaison Committee.
—Election of nine senators to
the Committee on Committees and
postponement of electing students to
the committee.
by STEVE MORSE
LIFE Managing Editor j
The Faculty Association (FA)
Jpntract officially went into effect
|onday evening.
President William B. Boyd,
Irovost Charles J. Ping, FA
Jecretary Blaine Stevenson and the
Iniversity and FA bargaining teams
■gned the contract and three letters
\ agreement as part of the pact in a
Juvenile
aught
tourt
The 16-year-old Mt. Pleasant
lyenile sought in connection with
pe slaying   of   Hattie   L.   Swin-
tstr88f was*iapprerrenTae"84abF~
[anta Monica, Calif. City Police last
leekend.
DETAILS   OF   THE   youth's
bpture  were   not   available.   Mt.
[feasant City Police say the legal
Irocess"       to return  the    youth
> Mt. Pleasant has  begun.   He is
xpected to be waived into Circuit
to stand trial as an adult.
Police Chief Tom Martin  said
j&e boy was taken into custody after
Monica   police   verified   his
^entity and criminal status through
National Crime Information
-enter, a computerized system
Much enables law enforcement
Jfficials across the country to
identify suspects wanted in confection with crimes in other states.
Swindlehurst was found by her
M on the floor of her home at 409 N.
Mold St., Aug. 27. An autopsy
revealed she had been struck
ppeatedly on the head, rendering
per unconscious. Her wrists were
"Med, causing a fatal loss of blood.
City police say they    have   not
published a motive in the case yet.
formal ceremony in the President's
Conference Roomjn the University
Center.
The signing implemented the
contract but did not end controversy
concerning the agreement, as
petitions have been submitted to
Lansing in a move to decertify the
FA.
Before signing the contract,
Boyd delivered a prepared
statement reviewing the occurrences of the past few days. In
part, he said, "I am _ satisfied my
signature, which I am now prepared
to give, will not be a bar to the
election which is sought by the
majority of the faculty."
The  President 'based  his conviction   on   the   legal   opinion   of
-Unlvlfsit^tJSWfel'Trtfavld Kefr, *
who provided Boyd with a three-
page letter explaining his view.
Boyd also said in his one-and-
one-half page statement he was
tempted "to demand from the
Faculty Association some assurances
that they will not attempt to use my
signing as a bar.'! However, he did
not make such 'a demand,
saying, "... I am aware of the
difficulties any organization has
when confronted with demands
which would affect an uncertain'
future."
Robert G. Clason, FA president
and associate professor of
mathematics, said such a
reassurance could be made only by
the union's executive board, but
promised it would be considered
during the next few days."
In a move led by John C. Hepler,
professor of English, and George L.
Stengren, chairman of the
Philosophy Department,* 306 faculty
members signed petitions
requesting an election to determine
if the FA should remain the faculty
bargaining agent.
Petitions were submitted
Thursday to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission
(MERC) in Lansing. Detroit MERC
officials said Monday an election date
will be set within two weeks.
Hepler, Stengren and Paul S.
Space, chairman of the Accounting
Department, also sent a letter to the
Board of Trustees asking for a
special meeting to withdraw Boyd's
authority to sign the agreement, as
granted him at an earlier board
meeting.
Stengren, Hepler and Spece
were concerned Boyd's signature
might serve as a bar to an election.
The board, however, decided Boyd's
signature would not bar an election
Members.of the FA bargaining
team signing the contract included
Clason; Elaine P. Daniels, assistant
professor of business and administration; Robert C. Waltmire,
associate professor of secondary
education; James E. Hayes,
associate professor of secondary
education and Joyce H. 'Pillote,
assistant  professor   of  philosophy.
Members of the administration^
bargaining team were led by Neil S.
Bucklew, vice president of business
administration, and included Kerr,
John W. Weatherford, director of
"libraries; Jerry A. Woodcock,
controller; Raymond Kieft, director
of Institutional Research and Frank
S. Stillings, dean of the School of
Fine and Applied Arts
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Student Assembly seats optfi^^M^
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CM LIFE PHOTO BY GEORGE BENISEK
CONTRACT SIGNING-The Faculty Association contract went into
effect at about 6:30 p.m. Monday, with signing taking place in the
President's Conference Room in the UC. Before signing President
William B. Boyd delivered a prepared statement saying, "I am satisfied
my signature, which I am now prepared to give, will not be a bar to the
election which is sought by the majority of the faculty."
Students elected
Five gain A-Senate seats
by MITCH HEAD
CM LIFE Reporter
In the last Student Senate
meeting of the term, senators
elected five students to Academic
Senate for the 1974-1975 school year.
Elected to fill vacant seats in
Academic Senate were Arnie Lutz,
Inkster graduate student; Jim
Mcbryde, Petoskey graduate
student; Pat Coe, Lainsburg junior;
Pat Lynch, Mt. Pleasant junior and
Cindi Nowlen, St. Joseph
sophomore.
None   of   the   five   currently
serving  on  Academic   Senate  are
returning. Jeff Frary, student body
president and Mt. Pleasant senior
said he believed the seats should be
filled with undergraduates.
"Many of the faculty members
have admitted it often takes nearly
one year for an Academic senator to
become     accustomed     to     the
Roll away!
Students Northern bound
by SUE REYNOLDS
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
College students have swallowed goldfish,
streaked administration meetings and jammed into
phone booths. These accomplishments seem trivial,
however, when compared to what 55 Tate Hall
residents will attempt next week: to push a bed (on
wheels) from Central tp Northern Michigan
University in Marquette,
Jack Kohlhepp, Flint junior and Tate resident,
thought of the idea during the first week of school.
While some thought his idea was "crazy," enough
students apparently have faith in the idea to make
* go of it, he said, '
Kohlhepp said the team of bed pushers, almost
half of which are women, plans to leave early
Tuesday morning and hopes tp reach Marquette the
morning of Sept. 21 by progressing it three miles
•n hour, 24 hours a day.
Central and Northern square off in a football
game that afternoon/ and anNMU athletic official
has arranged for the bed pushers to be admitted to
the game with $1 tickets. The bed will be brought
hito the stadium at halftone,    j < *
Team members plan to ptish the bed along the
Shoulder of the 'road along OH tJS-27 to the
Mackinac Bridge, to U5>2, north on M417, then
west on M-28 to Marquette. Students will work in,
three-person shifts, with one person riding itt the
bed while two push. ,They will rotate in 10-mile,
shifts, so each pushes six and two-thirds miles. The'
bed will be equipped with head and tail lights.
The team has received an okay fjont State
Police for its unique attempt. Kohlhepp said the bed
will have to be put in a truck in order to cross the
Mackinac Bridge, as rules governing the structure
state "horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles, (and of
course, beds)" are. not permitted on the bridge,
according to Lawrence Rubin, executive secretary
•of the Mackinac Bridge authority (MBA).
Kohlhepp said the MBA has been "very
cooperative" in aiding the students in their effort.
Rubin wrote "It is my 'recollection, though
somewhat dimmed by the passing of 40 years, that
were I enrolled at Central, I probably would be
helping to push."
' Studehtshaving tests next week won't have to
miss them, Kohlhepp stressed. Cars will shuttle
students back and forth to Central throughout the
route. Although students are footing most of the
gasbill for the cars, Kohlhepp said donations will
be "gladly accepted.",
Accordihgto the "Guiness Book of Records,"
the farthest a bed has been pushed is 380 miles,
Tate residents, if successful in th^ir attempt, Won't
break the record, however, as the distance to
Marquette is 325* miles.
procedures      of    the       Academic
Senate," Frary explained.
Frary noted it would be better
for a student to serve more than one
year, since mOst of the first year is
used in orienting the student senator.
Of the 11 nominees for-the five
vacant seats, Frary recommended
two sophomores and two juniors to
the senate. He also recommended a
graduate student be placed in one of
the vacant seats.
According to the new Student
Assembly Constitution, two of the
five Academic Senators must be
members of the Student Assembly.
Only one of the students elected to
Academic Senate Monday has filed a
petition for the upcoming student
election (see related story page 3).
although any student may Wage a
write-in campaign.
A screening conimittee interviewed all nominees, however,
the screening committee was
comprised only of Jeff Frary,
student body president and Julius
McDaniels, vice president and
Detroit sophomore.
Another bid to include students
in collective bargaining between the
University and the faculty will be   .
made ' if   the   Faculty   Union   is
decertified, Frary said.
"We, the students, are virtually
the employers of the faculty here at
CMU," Frary said.' "I think we
should be part of the bargaining,"
In  other action,  McDaniels
reported   Student   Affairs   has
requested     Student    Assembly
nominate   two   students   to   the
Military Planning Committee, seven t
students to the University Center,'
Board   and   10   students   to   the -
Commencement Committee.
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