1973-09-26; Central Michigan Life

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Earlier this* semester President William B. Bpyd
initiated action through Academic Senate to set up a
swrch committee for a Dean of Students to. take the
gjijice. of a"Vice-President of Student Affairs, a position
vacated earlier this summer by Albert,S. Miles,
!;; Boyd's reasoning behind re-establishing the position
ojE:Dean of Students was due to the many offices and
pfecfedUres that have been phased out of the Student
Affairs Office, .. -„S..,	
;.:'•  As of now,  Glenn  Starner is  Acting  Dean  of
Students, and Boyd is not sure whether "Starner.is
interested in the position or not."     '
•Y   "The odds are that we will not have a Dean of
Students this academic year," Boyd said. "There are two
possible choices  the  search  committee could make.
Either the committee will decide that we have a person
oi campus capable of being Dean of Students or they will
conduct the search on a nation-wide basis."
:> "If the committee decides that a person on campus is
qualified for the job then it might be possible to fill the
position by the first of the calendar year. However there
instill the problem of finding someone to replace him at
tiits current job," Boyd said,
•*f "I expect that we will advertise the job nationally
and I foresee a glow cumbersome search." Boyd said.
- -t~- -Siijce--hsSf -^ho-students- on ■ campus-.-are-. female:,
"common sense reality leads to the fact that either the
Dean of Students or the Assistant Dean should be
female," however Boyd cautioned against the assumption that the committee can automatically appoint a
'woman to one qf the- positions.
"The search procedure is very delicate concerning
sex sad race. There must be established an affirmative
action search whereby the job is called to the attention of
all. qualified people regardless of sex or race.
. _,._!The.pr.ablem-WJth this is that a person can search as
affirmatively as possible and still come up with a white
Anglo-Saxon Protestant male who is the 'best qualified
canidate for the job," Boyd said.
Although Boyd might, like to see a Dean of Men and
a Dean of Women Students, Paul Ruiz, Student Affairs
Office assistant to Starner, would not be satisfied unless
he could be certain that it is "not the ends but the
means" of what would be best for students.
"I trust President Boyd's judgment and I realize
that this is one of many possibilities but we must realize
that it is not the model that counts but the philosophy.
No model is in itself inherently good, we should be more
concerned with the direction involved," Ruiz said.
Last spring Ruiz proposed that two graduate
students be hired in the Student Affairs Office on the
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principle that there were many- graduate, fctudetas at
Ceatrel who  Were  never  involved  in   "tfeal   work*'
situation" and they tanli finSnh various tasks freeing the
administrators for Other tank while at the same time
providing «n faeentlv* for leadership.
"The graduate students would be provided with a
real Hfe work situation and would be working with the
student organizations on a consulting basis. They could
be accomplishing various tasks and freeing us /or other
things. However the student organizations apparently
didn't like this plan, I don't think it was ever really
understood," Ruiz said.
,; Much of Student Affairs is concerned ■ with the
funding and supervision of student organizations,
specifically Student Government, Program Board and
volunteer Services along with Mens Union, Associated
Women Students,- Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council.
"Shaw Christensen, also an assistant to Starner,
Glenn Starner and myself regulary meet with the
organizations and establish a monetary budget, provide
direction and consolation and help out with programing
and financing. We handle individual requests for rallies,
etc. and coordinate the various activities to avoid
-. schedule conflict," Ru|z said.
Other areas that Student Affairs is concerned with
include: •
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Student Disciplines'We facilitate the process once
' a charge is levied against jf .student by setting up a
hearings body."
Educational Skills Center-"It is an attempt to
provide tutors and student counselors to any student
that requests them." .
Student Housing—"although the paper work is done
over at the University Center, we are concerned with
policy and student' life-style programs."
They also deal with' withdrawals from the
university, ID cards, etc.
"The only thing we aren't'doing now that we used to
"The only thing we aren't doing now that we used to
is financial aids, and student employment," Ruiz said.
"A lot of people have the idea that ail we are concerned with is student organizations and general policy.
About 30 per cent of our time ia spent on individual cases
and most of the students we help ore satisfied with the
outcome," Ruiz said.'
"If a student comes in here and has a problem with
his dorm room, classes or money we don't refer him to
other departmental offices but instead schedule a time
for the "experts" to come in and talk with the students
individually, We dont really make decisions, instead we
facilitate the action needed to bring about the decisions,"
Ruiz said.
Volume 55 Number 13
Central Michigan University
Wednesday; 26, 1973
Senate to appoint
five to committee
BY SHEILA TOMKOWIAK
* LIFE Staff Writer
; Five students who will be appointed to the search committee to
find a new Dean of Students will be
subject to discussion at the Student
Senate meeting Oct. 1, student body
President Rick Marshall announced
at" the senate meeting Monday flight.
The" search committee will
contain45 members, five appointed
by Prisuient William B. Boyd, five
faculty members by Academic
Senate and five members by Student
Senate.
Marshall's recommendations of
five students will be presented to
senate for approval. "I don't want to
-agar* ifcei'aW «M&ias appointments
about which senate has no say," he
said.
Marshall set up an advisory
group to help hhty search for
students who would "not be affiliated with any political group."
"This is a very touchy political
situation," he told the senators, "If
senate were to nominate all males, ,
all white, we would be making a
mistake." However/ he added, "I
don't view this as tokenism."
Criteria for recommendations
included that students not be
presently a leader of any campus
organization, be .familiar with the
University structures, mainly
student affairs, have been on campus
for awhile and come in contact with a
large.number of people.
"If we were to have people
involved in an organization they
would try to promote their own
interests," Marshall said.
The search committee would be
responsible for sending notices
•throughout the country describing
the job opening and then would
screen applicants and make
recommendations to the president.
In other action senate;
Accepted two Herrig candidates
as senators for both Herrig and
Saxe.
Last week's Student Govern-
«i$iSt eleetiair ttflUtRHfr tWHttHf-
candidates tying with no candidate
for Saxe. Because, Saxe-Herrtg has
one dorm council but should have
two representatives the decision was
given to senate, according to elections director, Steve Saiowitz,
Warren senior.
Approval of the rules governing
senate was tabled to give senators t
time to review the rules before
acceptance. Senate also approved
secretaries for this term but will not
elect a president pro tempore until
the senators have time to get to
know each other.
CM LIFE VHOTO BY RICK MCKAY
REGISTERING THE VOTERS-ate, Gary Webber, Caspian junior,
and Patty Cannon, Montague tooJiombre. Aboo^7SitUdeht»r*glBt«rcii
in tmt first day. of tht w^paigrifv'* - ^    — =.f    ..
75 on first day
APPROXIMATELY $5 STUDENTS~registere& yesterday when
CMU's first student-run voter registration drive began in Woldt-
Emmons residence hall and in the University Center.';
"We hope to hay* a big turnout in the Towejfs Wednesday night,"
said Ray Lundsten, drive director.
Registration will take place in the Towers lobby today from 4 to
6:30 p.m. or at the east end of Anspach Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Change of address or tranference- of registration from home
precincts to Mt. Pleasant can also be done at this time.
Registering now will enable students to vote in the November
election.
In the Nov. 6 general municipal election, voters will be electing!
tw«5 city commission members. The terms of Commissioner Larry Jons
and Mayor Bart LaBelle are up in November* There are seven candidates for these two positions.
Also on the ballot-will be the question of revising the 1921 City
Charter. At the same time, voters will be electing a nine-member
Charter Commission to revise the charter. There are 22 candidates for
these positions. •<:
A $3 million general obligation bond proposal for storm sewers and
a Mt. Pleasant Public Schools request to renew 7.5 mills wiB be included on the baiiot.
CM LIFE PHOTO BY O. BRUNNER
VOTER REGISTRATION-€kmp&igning this week is an attempt to
register as many students as possible in the Mt, Pleasant community.
Hanging in effigy is the unidentified student who refuses to register.
At Monday meeting
etirement conflict highlights A-Senate
CM LIFE PHOTO BY GARY FIQI
STUDENT SENATE Rick Marshall, Warren Senior and Student
Government president, addressed Student Senate Monday in the
University Center Auditorium.
Women's films raise controversy
by JLORETT A PlZZa
LIFE Staff Writer
A heated exchange over
President William B. Boyd's Sept. 19
letter to the faculty about
retirement   benefits   developed
"" by LORRIE LYNCH
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
After unexpected controversy,
over moyies shown in Men's Unions'
AlternateFilm-.Series, "The Best qf
New York's Festival of. Women's
Films" will be presented tonight at 7
and S p.m, in Warriner Auditorium.
' Acting Dean of Students Glenn
Starner. who refused to comment
until he cdnld study the issue further, originally cancelled the film
series because content of the films
was objectionable, Men's Union
(MU) office** »*&. However, in a
meeting Ta«#d#y Staranr agreed to
allow preaentntion of tonight'* film
and discuss the cancellation of the
rest of the series.
t
"We're disappointed that there
is a possibility that the whole series
will be cancelled," Men's Union
president Greg .Koroch, Benton
Harbor senior said, adding that MU
will still have the opportunity to
discuss cancellation of the series
with Starnes.
"Women in Revolt" and
"Sympathy fat the Devil," the first
two movies in the Alternate Film
Series, wer* each attended by ap*
proximately 50$ people, Koroch said,
"Groupie*" is scheduled lor Oct,
3, and two other movies, "Best of
New York Erotic FUm Festival" and
"Brand X" are also scheduled before
November.'
After the initial decision to
cancel the whole series the films
werie sent back to the distributor,
however a MU representative
stopped them in CMU's" main
maUroom when the possibility of still
presenting them arose.
"The films were sent' out
Tuesday morning," Koroch said. "It
was just luck that we caught them
(in the" moilroom)."
Proceeds from the ^Alternate
Film>Series-go.t6'-WomwSs Health
and Information Project (WHIP).
Monday between Boyd and Alan
Nichols,, professor of economics,
during Academic Senates regular
meeting. .' '
Highlighting the meeting, the
exchange2 took place during a
question and answer period
following Boyd's report to senate
members;  .
Questioning on the issue began
with Senator Edana DuGuay,
associate professor of foreign
languages, referring to Boyd's letter
and askiag him, '"Mr.. President,
were-vo* asking ub something or
telUag us jjftnsthiag?"   .
Bpyd replied, "I was letting you
knoy that I know about the problem,
'8,nd«that.,you.know «bout it and
saying it's a sticky, troublesome
problem and that your agent is going
to be jmeeting with us to discuss it."
Two opttonretlrement program
Centering     around      state
legislation, the problem-has its roots
in tfe* two-option choice faculty have
in picking a retirement program.
One plan is, known as Michigan
Public Schools Employee
Retirement System (MPSERS)
while the other is Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association of
college Retirement Equity Fund
(TIAA-CREF).
MPSERS credit is valid only in
Michgian schools and does not carry
'over to . othe states'" institutions.
TIAA-CREF is a national
organization and allows teachers to
take their seniority with them if they '
go outstate for employment.
Previously both included a standard
11 per cent salary-based contribution
for retirement funds. .Pending
legislation however automatically
raises MPSERS contributions to 13
per Cent without stipulating contributions for TIAAtCREF.
This is what is currently being
debated-sfaould TIAA-CREF.
members get 13 per' cent contributions? • ...-
Boyd has requested a special
conference with the .Faculty
Association to decide the-issue.
DuGuay then said although she
normally, has-. no difficulties understanding Boyd's letters, this one
left her feeling at he end "as though
I knew nothing." She asked Boyd to
explain the .situation and requested
he "(not)tell tie what's in the letter
again, but tell me what's underneath
it all."
' . ■ Boyd explained the situation of
persons on the TIAA-CREF
retirement plan was "being again
eroded below acceptable standards."
,, "The TIAA program is already
stingy and this recent, change is
making it worse, but we're not.
willing to make it better by adding to
an already generous contract;" Boyd
sold. We are trying to avoid unfair
labor practice but don't want to raise
any false hopes either.
"What we're saying is we are;
prepared to do as required by law
and by our present contract and not',
more," Boyd added.
-    At this point, Alan Nichols, who
is the senate representative to a
(See "Conflict..." page 14)
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