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Volume 55 Number 10
Central Michigan University
Wednesday, September 19, 1073
Although basic skills requirement favored
GEC receives opposition from faculty, staff
byLORETTAPIZZO
LIFE Staff Writer
Arguing mostly over the
concept of the proposed General
Education Council (GEC), about 30
members of Central's faculty and
staff debated recommendations of
the general education seminar for
three hours Monday. Also debated
was the "unlimited power" to be
granted the GEC.
Although the majority, of
persons present at the forum
favored basic skill requirements at
CMU, they also apparently   were
overwhelmingly against the
establishment of the GEC and the
hiring of a new dean as part of that
structure.
Recommendation for implementation No, 3 of the seminar
report calls for the "GEC . ,. •
to ... be composed of five faculty
members and a dean who is a
member of the Council of Deans and
of Academic Senate,"
"The plain truth of the matter is
the GEC has got people's backs up.
On this campus we are used to
participatory   democracy   and   the
proposed GEC is just too
autonomous and too powerful. We
need to water it down of make it a
sub-committee of the University
Curriculum Committee (UCC), or
something," Suzanne Nichols,
assistant professor of journalism
said.
Robert E. Kohrman, associate
professor of chemistry, replied the
GEC was designed to keep the
program out of the influences of
departmental and school politics.
"You still have to 'sell' the ideas
for courses to the GEC so your
department can pick up SCH," said
Alan Nichols, professor of economics
(SCH refers to student credit hours
and is used to determine budgets
within departments.) The "selling"
of ideas to the GEC would create a
new breed of campus politics and not
serve to eliminate any of the already
existing political structures.he said,
David L. Lawtou, professor of
English and liaguistics,«8ked why the
program could not be administered
by the Provost's office in consultation with the deans rather than
the GEC and a new dean, No direct
to fill SG vacancies
CHERfE, N4GY^~IQNIA SOPHQMQRE-Yfas chosen Freshman-
Woman of the Year Sunday at the annual Freshman Womens Tea
sponsored by Associated Women Students (AWS).
The award is given on the basis;of a freshman woman's scholarship, extracurricular activities and leadership.
Nagy has participated in activities such as the musicals "Show Me"
and "Come Together" last year. She was also a student senator and is
vice-president of Trout Hall's dorm council.
Nagy will receive an engraved plaque and a book of inspirational
sayings.
Student Government Elections
will begin today and end Thursday to
decide positions for Student Senate,
Program Board .and Men's Union.
Polling stations will be open at
the University Center and Anspach
Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Voting
will take place in all the dorm food
commons .from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and 4:30 to 6 p.m. Students must
-have their student identification
cards with them to vote.
"Elections are being extended
to two days to give more people an
opportunity to vote," said Elections
Director Steve Saiowitz, Warren
senior.
Saiowitz said write-in candidates' names must be entered on
the ballot. Placing a check mark
after the write-in category is not
sufficient.
Transportation of and
procedures for handling ballots are
changed for this election. According
to Saiowitz people collecting the
ballots will be, feq^edytQ sigfr 3M
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released the same number. Transportation of ballots from the dorms
and Anspach Hall will be supervised.
Ballots will be sorted in Student
Government Office Room 3
beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday,
Saiowitz said.
Members of the Elections
Committee   include   Debi   Dwyer,
Dowagiac junior; Diane Gengrich,
St. Clair Shores senior; Ray Lundsten, Farmington senior; Ron
Rivard, Bay City senior; Carol
Thrumann, Taylor junior and Ted
Wan, Mt. Pleasant senior.
"I hope people will find it in
themselves to support Student
Government by voting," Saiowitz
said. "I don't see how students can
complain about what Student
Government is, doing if they don't."
response was made.
Elizabeth Mills, assistant
professor of home economics, family
life and consumer education, said it
appeared to her there were "no
checks and balances at all. It sounds
like members of the GEC would be
appointing themselves!" she said.
(Mills was refering to page 36 of the
report, which reads in part, "the
faculty council' members subsequently shall be appointed upon
the recommendation of the GEC.")
Richard Archer, associate
professor-of history, answered the
GEC was designed to be self-
perpetuating. No .specific provision,
is made in the seminar report for the
replacement or recall of members
should they not prove to be effective.
Ray Kytle, Jr., assistant
professor of English, asked if the
requirements set up by the GEC
would presume a student meeting
the minimum standards is a
"competent" student. He called the
requirements "inanely simplistic
qualities" and said it "is untenable
for five persons on the proposed
GEC to have control of unrelated
fields. This thing' has drastic
pedagogical and academic implications," he added.    '
Korhman   replied   the   report
■ tried to indicate concern about the
basic skills of students at CMU.
Suzanne Nichols suggested
methods of establishing competence
(passing a test, transferring from m
two year institution, or completing
the remedial courses) in the basic
skills might serve to encourage
, students to go elsewhere their first
two years and then transfer to
Central to avoid taking the basic
courses.'
Alan Nichols added it seems
ironic that We appear to be saying if
a student takes two years at some
other university, he has proven his
competence; but by establishing the
remedial programs here we say the
first two years at Central do not
prove competency,
Some faculty said their
reasoning was it would be a "slap in
the face" to community colleges to
say to their transfers, "you need
remedial work." According to the
same faculty a move toward signing
of an Articulation Agreement by all
colleges and universities in
Michigan, has them "in a.real bind. If
we approach this the other way to
attract freshmen and sophomores,
then we are just throwing up a
barrier to junior and senior
enrollment. TJiere is no easy
solution."
Students to handle
voter registration
Storm sewer proposal
faces voter's approval
by LORRIE LYNCH
; LIFE Ass't News Editor
"*"" Mt. Pleasant voters will decide
whether to authorize, the sale of
general obligation bonds to finance
storm sewers since the City Commission voted Monday evening to
put the proposal on the ballot in the
Nov, 6 general municipal election.
Students registered in Mt.
Pleasant may vote, and could influence the results of the Nov. 6
election. However, Mayor Barton
LaBelle said he does not expect
many students to vote because all
issues on the ballot are local.
According to Bill Barrons, city
manager, the city does have storm
sewers, the construction of additional 'sewers and some relief
sewers  is   neccessary   to   prevent
Fox confirmed
as driver     .
Joseph G. Fox, 53 of Shepherd,
| has been confirmed by State Police
as the driver of the pick-up truck
which struck and killed 11-year old
| Eileen Decker of Shepherd* Sept. 10.
Fox was found dead of carbon
j monoxide poisoning Sept. 13 in a
barrowed car in Kalkaska County.
The death has been ruled a suicide.
Police   confirmed   that   Fox's
pickup truck was involved in the
accident after pieces of headlight and
[grill found at the accident scene
'were matched with remaining pieces'
Ion the truck*
flooding during hard rain falls.
"Some of the sewers are filled to
capacity  during   a  hard   rainfall," •
Barrons  said,   and   the   additional
sewers would alleviate the problem.
Mission Street is particularly
susceptible to flooding,, and ac-_
cording to Barrons, some residents
had flooding in their basements
during the early summer rainfalls.
$900,000 improvements to be made
The commission also passed a
resolution of intent concerning water
-rates. The city must make water
supply and storage improvements
estimated at $900,000. ■
Rates could increase as much as
45 per cent, thoughi- Barrons said
further study must be completed
before rates are determined.
Other discussion centered
around a public hearing on the
vacation of Franklin Street between
Illinois and Michigan Streets.
Franklin  Street  is  now  temporarily blocked with  saw . horses
between   Illinois   and   Michigan
. Streets while children attend classes
at Sacred Heart Academy.
Scared Heart earlier requested
permanent closure of the street to
insure Safety of the students while
boarding and leaving buses, and
using the street as a playground.
Franklin to be closed
The /city planning commission
recommended temporary closure.of,
Franklin Street until the results of
traffic flow could be determined.
A motion calling for continued
temporary closure of Franklin Street
with hours determined by Sacred
Heart, more permanent barriers
constructed and police-provided bus
loading zones was passed by the City
Commission.
In other action the Commission:
—Voted to adjourn for a second
time hearings on plans and estimates
for construction of blacktop, curb
and gutter on Russell Road from
Broadway to Pickard Streets.
— Conducted an adjourned
hearing on plans and estimates for
construction of a gravel street on
Corporate Drive east from North
Mission Street and vacation of a
portion of Upton Street.
—Moved to annex Lot 12 of
Bamber Woods Plat and construct
blacktop, curb and gutter on North
Franklin Street from Andre to
Pickard Streets, and on Tomah
Street, and Center Drive from the
north line of Viets subdivision to
Crawford Road,
—Referred a petition to the city
attorney to vacate Woodland
Avenue.
—Denied a petition to.vacate
portions of Upton Street.
—Gave approval for roof repairs
to three hangars at the airport, as
well as a change order for airport
terminal construction.
—Awarded bids for•■ two new
police cars. to , Smith Motors in
Shepherd, and rejected bids for the
sale of two used police cars.
' —Heard a report that no new
bids were received for construction
of a wading pool at Island Park.
In accordance with city hall,
Michigan Higher Education Student
Association (MHESA) will conduct
voter registration Sept. 24 to Oct. 2,
marking the first time students have
been      deputized,     to      handle
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Any student livihg within the
city limits of Mt. Pleasant who will
be 18 before^ Nov. 6 is eligible io
register, and will be able to vote in
upcoming city elections.
Also at this time, anyone who
registered last»year and' has since
moved may fill out a change of address, according to drive director,
Ray Lundsten, Farmington senior.
"There are five precincts on
campus," Lundster said, "If you are
registered in one and now live
somewhere else you have to go back
to the one you registered in to vote.
It's just easier for everyone if the
address is changed."
This year Student Government
requested that they be allowed to
handle the registration drive. City
Clerk, Charles Diebel said, "We had
no objection. Because of the past two
years containing first initial
registration, . then with the
presidential elections we had to
mobolize quickly and didn't have the
availability of campus organizations."
However, he continued, "now
we understand the problems involved. I think they're doing a fairly
good job."
Formerly the city brought in
members of the^ _Lj|agu> pf--Worne"!!
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Lundsten said. "With the students
managing the drive we will be able
to go into the dorms at night and
have students register on their way
to dinner," he said.
The goal for the drive is 2,000
students. "We would like to register
as many people as we can," Lundsten
said, "This will make it easier for
next year with the upcomin state
elections."
Any student who is registered
as a voter at home may reregister in
Mt. Pleasant. However, the voter
looses registration in his hometown.
Last year's drive registered
approximately 6,000 students.
Monday registration will be at
the University Center from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. and at Woldt-Emmons Lobby
from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration
on Tuesday will be at BeddOw-
Thorpe and Merrill-Sweeney from 4
p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
registration will be in Anspach Hall
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the
Towers Lobby from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Registration Thursday will be at
Tate Lobby from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
with the drive continuing the
following Monday at the lobbies of
Calkins, Larzelere, Robinson and
Tiout frohi-4p,tn, 10^6:30 p.m.
* - TheYfina.1 registration day •will
be Oct. 2 at the University Center
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m* and in the Saxe-
Herrig Lobby from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Trustees
to meet
The Board of Trustees will meet
for the first-time this semester today
at 2 p.m. in the President's Con-;
ference  Room  in   the   University.!
Center.
On the agenda is discussion of
how the money in the allocation
budget for thepresent fiscal year will \
be spent. The budget has already
been approved by the governor.
A request budget for 1974-75
and traffic ordinance map changes
will also be discussed.
Provost Charles J. Ping will
report on the 1972-73 grants, the
Institute for Personal and Career
Development, admissions and*
enrollment,
.CM LIFE PHOTO BY MM WEILL,
WHEN IT RAINS, ITPOURS-And pour it did; all day Monday, The first rainfall in almost a month brought
more-than-chilly temperatures, making students bundle up and jump puddles on their/ way to classes.    '
Vote in student elections today
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