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Friday, May 4, 1973
Central Michigan University
Volume 64, Number 43
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GltSTLI; FRIDAY
Life in the world of today Is often characterized by misunderstanding — misunderstanding between races, between people and
between generations. Perhaps more than at any previous time
in our history, we heed to pursue with renewed vigor that elusive atmosphere of understanding and compassion for one another
in all that wc do.
On Friday, .'lay <t, 1973, the Central Michigan University Life, in
cooperation with other student and university groups on campus,
is sponsoring a special day which seeks to renew and refresh the
bonds of brotherhood tjiat bind man to man.
Therefore, I, h'illiam G. Milliken, Governor of the State of
Michigan, urge all members of the Central Michigan University
conmunity to join in appropriate observance of this day and to
actively participate in efforts designed to promote goodwill
between faculty, students and the administration.
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Given under my hand on this twenty- ,
seventhnday of April in the year
of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
seventy-three and of the. Commonwealth
one hundred thirty-seventh.
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GOVIillNOR
By Rick Fitzgerald
LIFE News Editor
University officials said
Thursday- CMU could not yet
respond directly to a new Michigan
Education Association (MEA) policy
which would restrict the number of
student teachers sent out into the
field.
The policy, which was passed
April" 14 in the form of a resolution,
states, "On the basis of need for
teachers as determined by manpower studies currently being
conducted" by staff, .the ME A shall
coordinate a state-wide program to
limit placement of student teachers
to a number which shall meet but not
exceed demands beginning in the fall
of 1973."     ,
"It (passing the resolution) is an
' action   that   raises   a   number   of
questions," said Provost Charles J.
Ping, "questions in the areas of civil
liberties, .quity and justice."
He indicated the University
already has recognized the problem
of over supply in teaching and has
proceeded on its own to provide
alternate career outcomes for
students.
In citing the need for such a
policy, Warren Bailey, executive
secretary for the MEA serving
Central said, "For years universities
have been overproducing teachers
for the .classroom. Too many
students are. investing four years in
an education and then finding
themselves listed as unemployed."
When questioned ,x>n the policy
by CM LIFE, Curtis Nash, dean of
the School of Education said he had
been  instructed  by the  Provost's
office to refer all questions to Information Services.
"We have a concern that
students be well informed of
alternate career opportunities," Ping
said. "There are three things, the
University is doing, basically, in
relation to the issue of limited opportunities in teaching.'
"First, we are making an effort
in the area bf systematic counseling.
When a student who has indicated
interest in teaching as a career
comes to the University, he will
meet with people from the education
faculty and discuss what the job
situation is."
"The second is that we have
developed and adopted a new admissions process for teacher candidacy which goes into effect next
year. The process is more stringent
than has existed and will undoubtedly have an effect on the
numbers of students going into this
area.
"The third, and in the long run
most important response to the
problem from the University, is to
make it a high order of priority to
offer alternative career outcomes,"
he concluded.
"In counseling, the University
should tell the student he may be
unemployed if he pursues a career in
education," Bailey explained. "Until
there are more schools built so
teachers can teach individuals rather
than the masses, we have: too many
teachers." _;
George Auzenne, assistant
executive secretary for MEA said
the power in MEA to implement
such a policy rest with the teachers
themselves. "It can only be ira-'-
plemented by the teacher institutions refusing to accept student
teachers above their quotas," he
said.
■ "It was K through 12 teachers
who recommended such a policy? it
was the K though 1? teachers who
make up MEA's legislative body
which passed the resolution and they
are going to be the ones ultimately
responsible for implementation for
the policy," Auzenne noted.
He explained this policy should
force colleges and universities to
take a more careful look at their
screening policies for education
students. He said education did not
have, for msfiy years, the rigid
standards of entry and therefore had
a much wider range of students.
"There must be more selection in
admissions."
"From the profession's point of
view there is, in effect, no good time
to effect this policy." Auzenne said.
"An oversupply 'gluts the market' in
such a manner that there are a wide
range of repercussions." '■'■'
Auzenne explained that the
MEA has calculated the number of
positions available in teaching for
next fall and the number of
education graduates for this year
using figures from the state
Department of Education.
He said that by combining its
projection of positions available with
the calculated' average number of
retirements, and teachers leaving
the, profession, demand can be
determined.
According to MEA figures,
there will be 6,146 new teaching
positions available in 1973-74.
However, the number of education
graduates is estimated at 13,684 for
1972-73.
"I don't know how they can tell
us how many teachers we are going
to produce without asking us," said
one CMU official.
Ping said with or without the
MEA policy, Central would continue
to assign student teachers for next
fall.
"The assignments are being
made and students are being
placed," he said. "And we assume
they will be accepted by the school
districts."
Ex-students arraigned
in McNeill murder case
Hey - it's Gentle Friday!
Today is May 4—Gentle Friday]!
fjfis is CM LilFE's seventh annual
jjfylQ end all d^yTr«jid%.^»-*|»p
entire schedule of events for today.
(All unplanned events are deemed
itcfptable, as long as you relax.)
* ,7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sleep in and cut
acliss, also pick up this copy of CM
LIFE.
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cut another
tlus if you can afford to, and take a
professor to coffee. Practicing
frisbee might be a good warm up for
the frisbee contest.
About noon at the UC circle drive
Bring-or buy your lunch and eat
•it the circle drive, while listening to
the CMU Jazz Band. Remember, the
Spirit of Gentle Friday means you
Jhould dispose of your litter in trash
Jarrels.
; 1 p.m. CM LIFE'S annual
(bubble gum blowing contest, with
spm       provided by        CM
jtlPE ... biggest   bubble   wins   a
: Jwcll prize.
\ 1:80 p.m. LIFE'S campus wide
Mo contest for yo-yo's of all ages,
*in_er gets a fabulous prize.
2 p.m. CM LIFE gives away
|600 Free Ice Cream Cones.. .first
me, first served.
2:30 p.m. CM LIFE'S frisbee
Ntest, strictly B¥0 frisbee sine*
each person is most familiar with his 3 p.m. What ever fits the spirit
own'frisbee. This year LlFl'^ilf, of GentleifMM-MSh'Z	
have two classes bf competition, one In the event of rain, although we
for   men,   the   other   for   women, hate   to   think ■ about   it, celebrate
winners get a great prize. Gentle Friday anyway.
By Brian Hlavaty
LIFE Managing Editor
Two former CMU students have
been arraigned in 76th District
Court in connection with the murder
of Rodney McNeill, Mt. Pleasant,
last December 9.
Harold G. Ingle, 22, Grand
Rapids was arraigned Tuesday on
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..the—felony murder, -doctrine- and
conspiracy to commit armed robbery
after Voluntarily appearing in court.
William J. Romwalter, 23,
Haslett was arraigned Wednesday
WCHP/ Tate, Thorpe
reach agreement
By Lorraine Bringer
LIFE Ass't News Editor
Representatives from WCHP
and Tate and Thorpe residence halls*
came to an agreement for a Tate
Mixer at a meeting Wednesday,
afternoon according to Charles
Topalian Warren sophomore and
Tate hall president.
Roth    residence    halls . had
threatened to each file a $300 lawsuit
against WCHP, if a satisfactory time
.for the muter was not agreed-upon at
'the meeting.
Topalian said Tate had been
promised a mixer, with band, for a
$600 contribution to the Korean
Orphanage drive last December.
"We've found a band, Nash, to
play this Sunday night for $200,"
Tppaliah said. "WCHP will pay the
$100 they Were given to get a band
for us. with Tate contributing $75
and Thorpe donating the additional
$25.
Dave Torbi Bioomfield Hills
junior and WCHP station manager,
said he told Topalian yesterday Tate
could have had another band, next
Monday night' at no cost to the
residence hall, but Tate prefered the
Sunday night time.
WCHP was left with a $100
contract for the band, Razzle, that
was scheduled to play at a mixer for
Tate Wednesday afternoon, a time
considered Unsatisfactory by the
dorm.
Topalian said the contract was
taken over by Residence Hall
Assembly (RHA), freeing WCHP
from the $100 liability for the band.
RHA plans to offer the group for
$100 next fall to any dorm willing to
book it, Topalian explained.
"I think the problem was that
this semester's WCHP ad-
. ministration wasn't informed of the
mixer commitment, and wasn't
appropriated enough money to find a
band for an evening performance,"
Topalian said.
on the same charges. His
preliminary examination was set for
May 14 by Judge Douglas Dehn.
Ingle is a December 1972
graduate of Central where he
received a bachelor of science degree
with a major in political science.1
Romwalter attended CMU from
September 1968 to May 1972.
Ingle's bond was set at $75,000
, P|U|e. xmM.'M^.' and Isd.OOQ ,
personal recognizance bond bit the
conspiracy to commit armed robbery
charge. Romwalter's bond for the
conspiracy to commit armed robbery
is also ($50,000, while no bond was
granted by Dehn for the murder
charge.
Warrants were issued by
Isabella Prosecuting Attorney
Robert Kennett for Ingle April 28
and for Romwalter May 1.
The arraignment of the two
means five of the six persons police
suspect in the crime are now in
custody. Gary S. Knopp, Ionia, who
is wanted on two counts of murder
has a federal fugitive warrant issued
on him and is still at large.
Daniel E. Manville, 25, Flint was
arrested April 6 and charged with
three counts of murder concerning
McNeill's death.
Jack E, Manville, Daniel's
brother w,as arraigned April 17 on
two counts of murder and Gregory
M. Yost, 21, Lakeland was arraigned
May 1 on charges of first degree
murder under the felony murder
doctrine and conspiracy to commit
armed robbery.
McNeill died the night of Dec. 9
when he, Douglas Edgar, Shepherd
sophomore and Terry Taft, 21, were
bound, gagged and beaten by three
males in the basement pf* house" at
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Library sets
exam week
hours
The  following  hours  at  Park
Library went into effect Wednesday
and will last until May 12:
Today        '      7:50 a.m. to midnight
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to midnight
Sunday 1 p.m. to 2 a.m.
May 7 7:50 a.m, to 2 a.m.
May 8 7:50 a.m. to 2 a.m.
May 9 7:50 a.m. to 2 a.m.
May 10 7:50 a.m. to 1 a.m.
May 11 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m.
May 12 (Commencement)    noon to 4
p.m.
May 13 ' Close.
I PIRGIM scraps election;
(focuses on next semester
I By Diane Dopplce
i LIFE Staff Writer
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\ The referendum election which
Foald have determined whether a
WO voluntary contribution would
j* Ucked onto student registration
If*8 to support PIRGIM (Public
jjjtttest Research Group in
**%an) was ruled invalid Wed-
f*»tlay after PIRGIM officials
!*<*ived complaints over election
Jffcedttrea. '
1L ****"**»• regarding the validity
f f we election arose whe& ti wmT
J***** the ballet boxes were net
f**J and several ef the boxes wore
* T«r p<k»j ceadRkta.
"We  wore   pot   give®   atojr
felines as to how to iron thi*
election," ;said Chris Taylor, Parma
graduate student. "Ron Rivard, the
University's elections director told
us to just do it ourselves."
Taylor and PIRGIM coordinator
Bruce Alden. Walled Lake
sophomore, decided to scrap the
election after viewing the condition
of the ballot boxes. The decision was
made at 11:30 a.m. before many
students had the chance to vote,
according to a PIRGIM spokesman.
*We didn't want te jeopardize
{he refereadua- or lose sight of, oar
initial goal,'' TayfcW said.
"We were afraid this election
would cast 4 bib light on the group."
Alden added, "We talked it ovei-and
decided to give up establishing
PIRGIM this semester. We've
outlined our mistakes and we realise
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now we didn't take'the right steps in
educating the students. I guess we
over-estimated the  intelligence - of
the average Central student."
Alden admitted another mistake
the group' made concerns placing
students' social security numbers'
-Irectiy on the ballet instead of on a
separate registration sheet.
., "We thought by placing the
social security numbers directly on
the' ballot it would be. easier to check
on registration. It was just another
mistake we made because we didn't
know what we^ were doing."
Of the two ballot boxes counted
as of Wednesday night, 97 votes
were cast for the referendum and 27
. were against. The ballots will now be
used as a survey to determine,
student reaction to the proposal.
CM LIFE photos by Jeff Eatsn
THROUGH A CHILD'S EYES-
• The Creative Arts Gallery in the
lower- level of the UC is now
displaying an exhibition of works
by students in the, Mt. Pleasant
school system. . Creations . in
papier-mache, yarn and other
mediums, as well as drawings and
paintings, may be viewed until
May 11.'
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