1973-02-14; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan University
Wednesday, February 14, 1973
Boyd says sophs will live in dorms
After over  a  week of open
Livings   between    students   and
jpiversity   officials,   President
yfiliam Boyd said Tuesday  CMU
require sophomores to live in
Ofaiversity housing. '    '
The   sophomore,   requirement
begin with the fall semester,
11973.
In making the statement, Boyd
said the new requirement will be
accompanied by an aggressive at*
tempt to increase the attractiveness
,of residence hall living.
Citing financial reasons and
enrollment patterns as important
factors in the decision, Boyd said,
"the residence halls were built with
money borrowed from the public and
the University is responsible for
enacting such policies as are
necessary to meet the repayment
obligations."
, The University currently
requires that all first year freshmen
and transfer students bringing fewer
than 55 semester hours of transfer
LIFE photo by Jay McNelly
VOTING—Members of the CMU Academic Senate raise their hands in deciding one of the proposals before
the group during Monday afternoon's meeting in Pearce Hall.
A-Senate approves
final exam week
By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
Academic Senate voted Monday
to implement a final exam week plan
which provides for 15 weeks of
rugular classes each semester
[followed by one week of final
examinations.
Regular classes will be suspended
daring the exam week. Implementation is scheduled for the
Fall, 1973 semester.
Details on how it will be implemented are still to be determined.
The exam week plan in its
present form does not require
examinations but allows for them,
said Caiman Levich, professor of
physics and chairman elect of A-
Senate, who introduced the plan.
The plan was approved by a
vote of 18-11 with a large number of
abstentions. Student members of A-
Senate, led by Charles Coleman,
Saginaw sophomore, voted against
the plan.
Coleman maintained it was
unwanted by students and would
cause a decline in the quality of
education by shortening regular
instruction time by one week.
Levich, on the other hand, said
he has seen no increase in the quality
of education here since exam weeks
were abolished a few years ago.
He expressed concern that
"some students who do very well in
our courses, don't do so well after
graduation," and said students who
oppose comprehensive exams are
short-sighted.
Other A-Senate action included
the unanimous approval of a Black
History-Week resolution and approval of a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree program.
The Black History Week
resolution, introduced by Coleman,
calls for Academic Senate to lead ■
CMU and the Mt. Pleasant community, in the celebration of Black
History Week lit CMU from Feb. 17
through Feb. 24 ( ■
Highlights of the week will
include a marathon peotry reading
session, the film "Montgomery to
Memphis" concerning Dr. Martin
Luther King, a, "soul dinner," a
gospel program and several
distinguished speakers.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree,
designed for students who desire to
pursue a program of study with
emphasis in the fine arts, was approved for publication in the 1973-74
bulletin.
No definition of "fine arts" is
mentioned in the program. Specific
requirements are to be   determined
joMly'by the student and a faculty
advisor.
The program provides for
minimum requirements of- 54
semester hours of general education
and 60 hours of specialized studies in
fine arts.
j In other action, Karen Edwards,
home economics, was elected to the
committee on committees.
credit to live on campus.
That group is now extended to
include all students who have earned
fewer than 55 semester, hours of
credit or have been enrolled in the
University as full-time students for
less ,than four semesters.  .
The subject of sophomore
residency emerged two weeks ago
wlien University officials announced
dorms were operating 800 students
short of capacity. They said a.
sophomore requirement to fill the
dorms and keep from losing money
might be needed.
Albert S. Miles, vice-president
of Student Affairs and George F.
Jennings, Housing Programs
^director met with students
numerous times last week in an
effort to see if the dorms could be
filled without the requirement.
Boyd made the decision on
Tuesday, thus joining CMU with all
of the state's universities with the
exception of the University of
Michigan in requiring sophomores to
live on campus. •
Boyd said a wide range of options regarding living arrangements
will be offered together with
educational programs within the
residence halls.
"We are determined," .said
Boyd, "to integrate residence hall
living with academic programs in
such a way that dormitory occupants
will regard themselves as the most
educational privileged of all our
students,"
He indicated that further
statements will be forthcoming
concerning specific methods of
implementing requirements.
"This was not an easy decision
to reach," he added, "and I am
grateful to the students who contributed their ideas and opinions to
the search for alternatives. Those
idea§ will be drawp uppji as specific
planning takes place."
University, housing officials
warned last week in the event of a
requirement that frephmen who
signed ' an off-campus housing
contract! would not be able to escape
the sophomore requirement.
•   Legal Aid Director Warren C.
Levin, Huntington Woods result in legal complications and the
sophomore, warned students last chances of them being disregarded
week, "If a, contract is signed it could    probably will be slim."
Tenure, staffing;
Boyd wants change
By Bruce Lesnick
*    LIFE Staff Writer
President William B, Boyd
described administrative procedures,
for implementing tenure - and
proposed changes in academic
staffing policies in a report to
Academic Senate Monday.
! Tenure Policy
The tenure policy approved by
the Board of Trustees in June, 1972
is now being implemented, Bpyd
said..Panels,consisting of faculty and .
students are to be set up in each
school to review and comment on
each department's recommendations
for tenure of eligible members.  >
The panel will then make its
own recommendations as to whether
or not tenure is to be granted.
That recommendation along
with a recommendation from each
department's chairman and a
recommendation from the dean of
the school are to be submitted to the
provost.
The Board of Trustees makes the
final decision whether or not to
award tenure to a faculty member
based on the provost's recommendations.
Boyd said later that although
candidates for tenure would be
.scrutinized more closely, it was not
true that fewer faculty members
would be receiving it.
He added that he didn't think
the role ofthe department would be
weighed less heavily in the awarding
of tenure, but that a candidate wduld
Be exlinuied moW thrpughjy fey
including students and faculty from
outside the school in the procedures.
He said if the policy is considered tougher, it must also be
considered fairer.
Staffing Policies
Regarding Boyd's recommendations for changes in academic
I
staffing policies, four specific items
were submitted for A-Senate's
consideration and advice. Those
recommendations are:
—Lowering of the mandatory
retirement age from 70 to 65.-
—Phased   retirement   through
voluntary conversion from full to,
part time teaching.
—Assigning  teaching  jobs   in
summer   and   mini-sessions   to
qualified    faculty    who    wou'.d
' otherwise be unemployed or partially employed.
—Appointing faculty members
for a specified term of employment
understood to be non-renewable.
In Oct. 1972, Boyd called
lowering the retirement age to 65 "a\
tempting but dangerous line of
thinking."
The recommendations were made,
Boyd said, because the present
policies were set when CMU was
undergoing a period of great expansion and these "serve poorly"
during the 'present period of
decreasing enrollments.
After Boyd finished speaking,
Joyce Pillote, assistant professor of
philosophy, issued a verbal attack at
him, accusing him of being preoccupied with numbers and hot concerned enough about quality
education.
Boyd replied that those numbers the administration is preoccupied with are students looking for
an education and that his commitment to quality education was as
strong as any person's.
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speech to A-Senate''M^lieUy,
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Vote today for.senators,issues
ByTerriBurkherdt
LIFE Staff Writer
Today's Student Senate elections will find students voting not
only for their Senators, but expressing opinion on community type
issues as well.
On-campus students may vote
at their respective dorms, while qff-
campus students may vote in the
University Center from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Students must have their ID's
to vote.
Elections Director, Ron Rivard,
Bay City junior, is expecting a large
voter turnout, primarily because of
the   13   consumer,   tenant ,and
Governor's   proposal
Budget leaves CMU 'in trouble'?
,    By Brian Hlavaty    . *
LIFE Managing Editor       >
Governor William Milliken's proposed $18.7 million appropriation^
for CMU's 1973-74 school year will leave the University "in trouble"
and $800,000 short of its request said University officials Monday.
The governor's allocation, given in his annual budget address late
last week, fell some $800,000 short of the $19.5 million the University
had asked for. Central currently receives $16.8 million in state funds to
operate the University.
The governor now sends his recommendations to the state
legislature where its decision will be reached this summer. -
President William Boyd told Academic Senate Monday "if we get
every dollar the governor has recommended for us w© ytiH still be in
trouble." ■   >
He told the Senate the1 "things that have suffered itf" past years
will continue to suffer." He mentioned supplies and equipment as one
area that may suffer. •'■'•■,        •
Funds from the state make up the general fund of the University,
The money is used for teaching, student services, maintenance, the
physical plant and the library.
The recommendation was part of $452 million Millikert appropriated for operation of the states' universities, colleges and
community colleges,
Boyd    mentioned   the problems-arising front the wage and
salaries portion of the governor's budget, The governor included in his
appropriations a 5 per cent increase for each state institution for
' salary and wage Increases.
Central, however, has a contract calling lot *"*^ff ig}
increase for University faculty and various incre,aSe^ffnD^^
employees. Boyd said the governor's salary guide lines fail far short of
our salary commitments,"
Arthur Ellis, vfce president of puMfe f^«££^3?2
different* would be taken t*om the money Central revive* from the
state next>year. ••■'■.»'
Can't do everything
Ellis said the $800,000 difference was not a matter of specific
programs being cut but more one of "no^ being able to do all the things
we want to do."
He said the chances of the legislature appropriating what the
governor recommended to Central were optimistic. He pointed out
that last year Central was "the only school" In the1 state that received
more from the legislature ($16.8 million) than what the governor called
for ($16,6 million).
He cited two main factors for the increase, one being Central's
enrollment had not fallen as drastically as other institutions in recent
years.
Another reason was the CMU faculty measuring up quite
favorably to the legislature's faculty teaching standards. He said CMU
was closer to these standards than nearly every other state school.
The governor's recommendations also included a $1.07 million
allocation to CMU for capital outlay, part of $66.5 million recommendation the governor recommended for these projects statewide.
This appropriation includes one million dollare to complete plans
and construction of a new services building for maintenance on the
east side of campus and $70;000 to tear down Central Hall and restore
"the site. ■'„'■»
, , Governor s recommendations
The   following   institutions   with  Milliken's   recommendations
followed by current net state aid include:
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor),    ' $87 Million from $79.8 million
U-M (Dearborn)
University oriented questions on the
ballot.    « ■*
"We are printing 4,000 ballots
and expecting a voter turnout of
some 3,000 plus. We expect this
large turnout basically because of
the questions that are included,, on
the ballot," Rivard said. "I hope that
these questions can make the ballot
significant and provide direction for
Student Government and the
community."
Some of the questions on the
ballot include: Do you support the
sophomore residency requirement?
Would you sign a Tenant's Union
pledge giving TU your endorsement
and the power to bargain collectively
against landlords? Would you
support a rent strike if necessary?
Al^o included are; Do you think
General Telephone provides good
service at a reasonable rate? Do you
feel the price of food is significantly
higher in Mt. Pleasant than in other
areas? Would you favor beginning
the Winter Semester one week
earlier which would allow the
semester to end one week earlier in
the spring?
"The primary purpose of the
questions is to bring community
awareness to students and serve as a
basis for action," Rivard said.
Senate elections include
vacancies in the following dorms:
Barnard, Cobb, Herrig, Saxe,
Sweeney, Trout, Troutman, Wheeler
and Woldt. There are also 13 off-
campus seats up for election.
Although the only contested
"race is in Herrig and there are some
dorms in which there are no declared
candidates, Rivard said, "I'm encouraged' with the Senate candidates. Some of the candidates who
ran unsuccessfully last semester are
back, trying to provide useful input
to Student Government. It is now up
to the students to get out and vote.
Housing code heads
Q. and A session
U-M(Flint)
Michigan State University
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Central Michigan University
Ferris State College
Oakland University
Michigan Technological University
Northern Michigan University
/Grand Valley State College
Saginaw Valley College
Lake Superior State College
,.f
$4.6 million from $3.9 million
$4.4 million from $3.8 million
$90.3 million from $82.1 million
$61.7 million from $66:4 million
$30.3 million from $26.8 million
$22.5 million from $20.8 million
$18.7 million from $16.8 million
$13 million from $11.6 million
$11.6' million from $10.4 million
$11.4 million from $10.6 million
$11.3 million from $10.2 million
$8.3 million from $6.6 million
$2.7 million from $2,5 million
$2.6,million from $2.3 million
Mt< Pleasant's new - housing
licensing" code will head a public
hearing and question and answer
session 8 p.m. Thursday in Room 123
of the Isabella County Courthouse.
The meeting is designed to aid
local citizens in-their Understanding
of the code before the March @{
referendum said a spokesman for the
Isabella County Democrats, tevertt
sponsor.
Voters who support the code
and are' opposed to repealing the
ordinance establishing the code must >
vote "no" on the question. A "yes"
vote would indicate opposition to tW
code and support for repeal of the
adopted ordinance.
William B. Barrons, Mt.
Pleasant City Manag r, and
representatives from the Mt.
Pleasant City' Commission,- Taxpayers Association, Tenants Union
and League of Women Voters will be
present' to outline major portions of
the code.
\ The*primary function of the
code is "To provide minimum
requirements for floor areas, ceiling
heights, maintenance of living areas,
sanitary, water, heating and electrical facilities, exits and owner
responsibilities."
All interested citizens are. invited to attend the' meeting and will
be given an opportunity to ask'
questions following the presentation, i
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