1972-04-10; Central Michigan Life

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follow the same registration policy for
those on the Reservation as she does
for other members of Chippewa Township.
"Everybody wants to be used equally,"
said Mrs. Hynes. "I've talked to the
head of Indian Affairs for this area and
the chief's wife (Mrs. Jackson) about
this.. Mrs. Jackson was in perfect accord with me. 	
. . . (she) "is neglecting
her duties, . .only eight percent.   .   .  are registered."
-   - Klousia.
"It's the same for everyone," she
continued. "If someone wants to register
to vote in Chippewa Township, they must
come to my home."
As a result of what one Student
Government  spokesman ternsd "unfair
selection," a drive to register Indians
living on the Chippewa Reservation—
who are currently unable to register in
Chippewa Township--is underway.
"I only live about a mile from the
reservation," said Mrs, Hynes. "Iregister people almost any time they ask
me to. Also, on Friday I'll be taking
registrations  from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m."
Klousia's letter to the state elections
bureau maintained, "Mrs. Hynes has, in
the past, allowed registration drives to be
set up in areas other than the Reservation."
Mrs. Hynes commented, "I got a letter
. from the state to go over to the schools
to register people, but I'm not going
to do this. If you have a special registration drive for one group you've got
to do it for them all."
Because of the continuing controversy,
the CMU Tribal Council voted unanimously
"to Support the drive to register those
persons eligible to vote who are living on
the Reservation. ___________
"It's the same for everyone. . .they must come to
my home."   _    Mrs Hynes
. Klousia has announced for the Tribal
Council, that plans have begun to provide
a shuttle service for those on the Reservation to be taken to Mrs. Hynes' home
today to register.
Indians will be taken to the Chippewa
Township Clerk's office—Mrs. Hynes'
home—through April 14 in order for them
to be able to vote in the primary election.
Anyone interested in helping with publicity or driving the Indians to register,
may contact Klousia or Student Body
President Tim Horan at Central's Student
Government office or by phoning 774-4644.
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN
LIFE
Volume 52, Number 74
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Monday, April 10,1972
G urges absentee
|a Precinct Delegate meeting to dis-    gressional  District,  will  be the guest
jss the upcoming absentee ballot drive   speaker.   x
It fill be conducted on campus May       Final da.te for registering to vote in
[through 4 will be tomorrow evening    the May 16 Michigan primary is Friday.
! 6:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor University    Students may register at the City Clerk's
lenter Auditorium, office    in   the   Mt. Pleasant Municipal
f According to Student Government Voter    Building.
irticipation Committee Chairman Paul Several write-in positions for precinct
ioiisia, the meeting will focus^onatertii|v" delegate posts' will be discussed at the
delegates to their rights and   meeting as well.   "Some positions in the
Mt.. Pleasant area are still in need Of
candidates for predinct delegate. More
information will be available at tomorrow's
meeting," Klousia indicated.
. Student Government representatives explained that the May 16 presidential
election of precinct delegates for both
the Republican and Democratic parties,
where a contest does exist.
board member may also be considered
at this time. The August 8 primary,
planned several weeks before most stu
dents arrive in Mt. Pleasant after summer
break is very important according to
Tim Horan, Student Body president.
English presents
'change of pace1
•%,_.  u »nnn.«.nm   nnHor thp Piiidance
ispsibiiities during the drive.
,M„4a added that a voter registration
five will be conducted in Deerfield Village
jartments beginning tomorrow,   since
Indents living there must register in
|iion Township.
pepresentatives from the League of
Women Voters and the City Clerk's office
Ire expected to attend along with Student
iwernment officials. R. William Joyner,
taocntic candidate for the 100th Con-
By JO AN IE SAMS
LIFE Academic Writer
For  those  in need of a "change of
pace," perhaps there is an opportunity
in CMU's English department.
CMU's English departmem. ,».  „ ,r ,
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partment has tried to establish meaning-    **«•  the  first time since the init
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One such program, under the guidance
of three English instructors, David Law-
ton, Peter Fries and Hans Fetting, is an
interdisciplinary program in linguistics.
Under this program, now in its third
year of operation, students can earn an
""guistics. And
for the first time since the initiation
of the program, Lawton said, the English department has produced its first
linguistics major.
Eric Woisetschlaeger, Mt. Pleasant
senior, was accepted in the graduate school
at Massachusetts Institute. of Technology
to study under some of the foremost
scholars in the linguistics field.
Woisetschlaeger's acceptance marks
an outstanding achievement for himself
and the progress of the department's
program, Lawton said.
In a recent article about "Teaching
of English to Speakers of other Languages" in the English Department newsletter, it was indicated that the need
for teachers of English during the next
few years will be largely for those with
concentration in teaching of reading, composition, comparative literature, and applied linguistics, Lawton continued.
He added, students majoring in linguistics should also consider the study
of a foreign language particularly Spanish.
In urban areas where there are large
concentrations of Spanish speaking children, Lawton said, the knowledge of a
foreign language would definitely be an
asset in teaching of these students.
Another feature of the linguistics major
is the bilingual   programs conducted in
Grand Rapids.
In cooperation with the University of
Michigan, Michigan State and Western
Michigan University, teachers-are prepared to cope with, students whose language background is Chicano Spanish,
Puerto Rican Spanish and Cuban Spanish.
/ Lawton believes working in this type
of program provides an opportunity to
become socially and culturally aware
of people in these geographical areas.
Students interested in the linguistics
program contact Lawton in Anspach 230
for further information.