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Volume.
55 No. 73
Central Michigan University, Mt. pleasahtrMichigan 48859
Wednesday, April 3, 1974
» .' SOC rights discussed
action procedure controversy dominates meeting
" iyTEBRI BURKHARDT
■ LIFE Staff Writer
Student Senate's special
jjnjj Monday night, scheduled
iwo specific purposes, also dealt
ii numberof other items ending
jptly after controversy connection procedures.
Controversy developed ia the
half hour of the meeting when
•ampu§ Senator Cam Davis
jested* discussion be postponed
i resolution calling! for student
jentie Senators to be placed on
!*nt Senate and made a motion
acini a resolution made last
p'g- '<    giving Student
aitttjonal Council (SOC) certain
Isioni concerning elections, ■
SQC /met earlier Monday to
jjselection policies proposed by
.tens* Director Steve Salowitz,
fictlfy a $100 limit on campaign
i§iiteres. .      ^p ' ^   •
Stl|at meeting, DavisV-Student
lie's SOC represeiitative,
»te|ly questioned SOC's
:ture and constitutional
bi'ods as they apply to deciding
ictjon policy.
(0ER TWO HOURS of debate
^elided it did have that right
it£ charter includes a clause
it institute a "collective effort
al with large scale problems
that individual organizations are
unable to decide for themselves."
"SOC attempted to discuss
election policies, but because of time
and the fact that Salowitz was
rewriting some of the policies, adjourned until 2:30 Tuesday when it
would decide on> the policies at
length.   „
Of special interest was the $100
campaign expenditure limitation
policy and Davis instated J30C act
immediately, or elie he "would be
forced to' take it up with Senate
tonight."
Salowitz was asked what he
would do if SOC did not accept some
'of his policies' He replied, he would
consider it as a lack of /faith in' his.
actions and, "I would consider
resigning as elections director."
Several SOG members said they
would   not   be   "pressured"   or ■
"threatened"   into t making . hasty
decisions and adjourned the meeting
until Tuesday.
When Davis brought the
resolution up at Student Senate, he
explained his actions by saying SOC
is only a "place for organizations to
come and bitch."
"There are numerous problems
with SOC; they don't know who its
members are or who can vote, or
even if they do' vote*1' Davis said.
"The constitution which SOC works
under does not define what its) duties -
are   and   it   is   nothing   but   an
organization to which people come to
bitch." '
"I was atthe meeting as were a
number of other people in this room
and I think there is spme confusion,"
, said Pat Coe, Laingsburg junior."It'is
not that SOC doesn't know who its
voting members are; it's Cam Davis
who „ doesn't' know who " Votes in
SOC."
STUDENT SENATE gave the
election policy validation powers to
SOC last May. The SOC charter
which describes the duties'of SOC
was written last1 March.
Because of the time element,
(the Senate's room had to be vacated
by 11 p.m.), debate was limited on
Davis' resolution. Many people had
comments, including SOC members,
but Senate moved quickly on the
resolution and accepted it without
referring it to committee for iurther
investigation.
Student Senate rescinded the
powers of SOC in dealing with
elections and adopted the election
board provisions in the proposed
constitution.' Elections Director
Steve Salowitz will continue in his
post imtil May 11.
This move then made' Senate
the body ter rule o"n the validity bf
Saiowitz's policy decisions. A special
Senate meeting was scheduled for 4
p.m. Tuesday sd.Senators .could take
up those ntatters. -       *       -    •
. Changes occurefd in the campaign' expenditure limitations which
was previously'set at $100* for a
presidential ticket or $50 per can-,
didate. This^has been now changed
to $125 for* presidential tickets and
$62.50 per individual candidates.
Another change occurred in the
length of the calnpaign period which
was previously stated as no less then
10 days nor longer then 14, This
provision still remains in effect-for
all printed or electronic media
campaigning .but campaigning of a
"personal contact nature" can begin
at the time a person indicates interest in becoming a candidate.
The special Senate meeting was
provided for in a resolution proposed
by Davis and accepted by Senate at
its last meeting. The resolution
specifically stated -the special
meeting  was  for  discussion, of a
resolution calling for the placement
of student academic senators on
Student Senate plus s, discussion of
the proposed student body constitution, to be discussed in that
order.
However Senate did not act in
that order and instead Senators
beard a prepared campaign speech in
which two senators announced their
bids for student body president and
vice president and passed a
resolution calling for a committee to
(See 'Election . . .' page 9)
Residents voice concern
over proposed bike route
hy NANCY CLAY
LIFE Managing Editor
Although' the future of bicycle
routes  in  Mt:  Pleasant   was   left
undecided   Monday   by   the   City '
Commission," _ it   seems   certain
Washington' and Main Streets will'
not be the routes as proposed.      ,
About 70 persons, most pf them
residents of Washington or Main,
attended the public hearing on Police
Chief Tom , Martin's proposal 'to
eliminate completely.any parking on
both one-way, streets.
'ftf/GW LANGUAGE DAY HIGHLIGHTS - Skits, songs and
K*S in each language were presented to students attending Cen-
Ps Foreign Language Day. The best events were performed to the
•re; gathering in Warriner Hall Auditorium.
increase student loan fund
Telethon seeks
CM LIFE RHOTOS BY CRAiO PORTER
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY - An estimated 4.000 high.school
students from all parts of Michigan took part* in two days of many
activities and attended language classes here as part of Central's
Foreign Language Day.       „' .  , • -     ,
^ MAGGIE SOWERS        '  "
UFE Staff Writer
*"o. I'm a student at Central
W University and I've come1
8»ginaw area with a group of
k U*is evening. We " are'
"•I alumni in the area for
11 for the University
Ptaent Office'Student Loan
fould you like to  make  a
ution?" «
11    year,     the     student
from
telethons, sponsored by CM LIFE
and ihe Development Office
collected $3,040 from the three areas
of Saginaw, Fliufe,,and Grand Rapids.
, Approximately 20 stndents.will
travel tonight to Saginaw. and
contact alumni for donations in the
first of a" series of telethons
scheduled for this year/'
"Telethon"" is   a   telephone
campaign, to raise  funds to substantiate the, Student Loan Fund.
Sponsored and cootdipatel? by
the-4 Development Office in coo-
junction .with the Student Foundation,, the telethon is being supported by student volunteer
workers. *
"We're making a lot of students.
, aware of the development process at
the University and' how, the
development process relates to the
University and it's different functions," .says Executive Vice
President of Student Foundation
Greg Koroch, Benton Harbor senior.
Koroch   says   the   Student,
Foundation will become'the student
/force behind the telethons./*
This is the first time as a group
Student Foundation is going into the.
area 'of university development,
according to Koroch,
The state Cars for tonight',*
telethon will leave from the front of
the University Center at 4 p.m.
Telephoning from 6 until 0 p.iri. will
fee followed by refreshments at the
home Of an alumnus.
Other' telethons .scheduled for
this year include two in Lansing,
April 17 and 18; one ift Flint, April 21
and summer telethons in .Grand
Rapids and Midland.,'   r
"We hope people interested in
helping with the telethons in these
areas contact' the Student Foundation or Development Office so
when these drives are being
organized, we can get in touch with
these people," says Vivian.Boersma
of the Development Office.    i  \ .
Coed accosted;
suspect sought
The Department of Public
Safety (DPS) is seeking a, man who
allegedly accosted -■ k, Woidt Hall
resident shortly after midnight'
Saturday. DPS reported the girl
screamed and scared off the suspect
described as a black male, five-feet
five inches taji, of medium build with -
short blacVhW and wearing* dark
cfifct. ' '     .
The major concern voiced was
the loss of parking and the safety of
the proposed routes. Some felt the
streets were traveled too heavily to
permit bike routes. The proposal
was drawn up because the commission felt it necessary to have
some type Of safe bicycle routes
connecting the University and the
downtown business area.
Washington and Main Streets
were chosen because they are the
only streets with a traffic light at the
intersection of High Street, according to the proposal.
"On behalf of many of my old
friends on Washington and Main,
this would make things very rough,"
said Stuart (Shortie) Merrill, 109 W.
Gaylord. "I appreciate Tom's
(Martin) problem, the University's
problem and the commission's
problem. People are real nice right
now but if this goes through they
won't be."
Mrs. Carl Woods, 804 S.
Washington, sftitl, "j#ear;e' very hard
hit on parking aS it is. This also could
cause safety problems because five
of six Qars turn off Washington on to
High and a bike path would get in
t the way." .       '
Other residents asked if the
bike path would be a year-round
route or seasonal. City Manager Bill
Barrons replied a plan of this type
would have to be year-round because
to change it would cause problems.,
CITIZENS OFFERED some
suggestions about bicyclists
following traffic laws. Commissioner
Carol .Scherer noted it works both,
ways, saying automobile drivers,
'should be considerate of bicyclists^
Other suggestions were to find
another street to route bicycle
traffic; but.since there is no traffic
light at any other street, commissioners felt this could be a
problem. Franklin Street was
mentioned as a possibility.
Mt. Pleasant has no control over
where to put a traffic light. This is
decided by the State Highway
Department.
Mike Traxler, 316 Oak, said,
"Due consideration must be given to
bicyclists, especially when there is'
such a high concentration of bikes on
the University. Somehow we must
facilitate movement of these
vehicles." Traxler said he also
mentioned bicyclists would probably
not use paths if established, because
it is "human nature" to get from one *,
point to the next in the shortest
possible way.
Nearly 15 persons spoke on the
proposal and 13 letters (most against
the plan) were summarized for the,
.commission.
Commissioners agreed no one
was against the concept of bicycle
paths in the city, but just disagreed
on wherfe to put them. "We're not
going to settle this tonight. We've
received a great deal of input from
this hearing and I think we should
study the problem further," said
Commissioner' Paul Hubscher.
The commission referred the
proposal back to the administration
for study and possible revision.
Barrons said, "^ expressly am
concerned for the lack -of safe riding
habits brought to our. attention in
this meeting. We have to consider
the safety aspects of any route and
anything we propose probably will
serve only a portion of the community."
New numbers
to be employed
in fall registration
Fall registration materials will
be 'distributed Monday, in .the
University Center outside the
Reservation.
Advanced registration is April
22 to 26 in the Ballroom of the UC.
Students will register according to
current classification and the
alphabetical schedule listed be)ow.
The Registrar's Office asks that
students follow the registration
schedule, but it is acceptable to
register at any time subsequent to
the scheduled time. .Students who
are unable to register during this
period will be required to register at
delayed registration, August 23-24,
or ■ participate in late registration
August 26 to 2?.
"I urge students 'to make appointments with the counselors at
the Academic Information Center as
soon as possible., Most students try
to get appointments the week before
registration. Our staff simply can't
handle 14,000 students in one week,"
Daniel ' P. Vilenski, assistant
registrar said.
Vilenski said, registrants should
acquaint themselves with a. new
cOurae numbering system that will
go into effect next fall.       ■> v
."Each ' department has
renumbered its classes and many
have added, and dropped courses,"
Vilenski said. "Approximately 60 to
70 per cent of all classes will be listed
under new numbers'," he, added.
Before registering for fall
classes students will have to look up
the ■ number of the, class in their
catalog and' transfer the number to
the new system, using the fall
registration booklet.      '
Vilenski said students may have
to transfer the correct class numbers
on major and minor authorization
forms. "We hope students will
contact their department chairman
about this," he said.
The numbering process,, which
Vilenski .has been working on/ for
more than a year, will enable undergraduate students to enroll in 500
level classes which previously were
for graduate students only.
The recommended numbering
^system also has been changed to the
following: 0-99, non-credit courses;
100-199, primarily for freshman; 200-
299, primarily for sophomores; 300-
399, primarily for juniors; 40D-499,
primarily for seniors; 500-599t advanced undergraduate courses for
juniors* senior's,' graduate students
aud students'in the honors program;
600-699,, graduate courses for
graduate students and students in
the honors program, 700-799,, exclusively for graduate students,
primarly seminars, research and
thesis courses for advanced., degree
candidates; 800-899, reserved for
v (See Registration ... page 9)
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