1972-09-13; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 53, Number 7
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
September 13, 1972
urge lettuce boycott
rtipathizers of the United Farm
Irs' cause will picket today between
diversity Center and Warriner Hail
1:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. because *'the
rsity uses lettuce which does not
the United Farm Workers s label,"
spokesman for the Committee for
porker Justice.
;. resolution calling for \the
rsity to halt its consumption of Head
rg) Lettuce was submitted to the
istration Sept. 12 by the Committee,
he resolution in part stated: "We
Jie Upiversity to buy lettuce grown
ichigan >or in states other than
ia or California and to buy other
varieties of lettuce. We also resolve to
stop or not permit recruitment of Chicano
students for this University until such
time as the administration shows through
its actions on this matter that it is sincerely concerned with the plight of poor
people,"
When contacted for a statement,
Albert S, Miles, vice president for Student
AffairS, said, "I'd prefer to let President
Boyd's letter speak for me."
The resolution further read-
''Recognizing that farm workers are
the poorest-paid workers in this country
and that this is reflected in their position
,of powerlessness on the job and in the life
of the community, we take this opportunity to acknowledge the importance
of the present struggle of America's farm
workers to gain recognition of their right
as workers and citizens to bargain with
their employers through, their chosen
representatives.
Furthermore we, as students of
Central Michigan University and citizens
of Mt.'Pleasant, Michigan, understand
that this entails the right to employ
economic sanctions in order to secure this
right, and accept it as our moral duty to
show our support of the United Farm
Workers in their struggle concerning
lettuce pickers in Arizona and California.
"Whereas we, as citizens of the
wealthest nation on earth, appreciate the
national importance of the efforts of
Ceasar   Chavez  and   the   United   Farm
Workers to bring new hope and dignity to
those who must live with unbelievably low
wages, miserable housing, poor health
care and the anachronism of child labor.
"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that we now call upon the administration
of this University to stop ordering Head
(iceberg) Lettuce for University consumption that is grown in Arizona and
California that does not bear the emblem
(label) of the United Farm Workers until
the struggle has ended."
REGISTERED YET? — Joy Pastuchal (left) from the Mt. Pleasant League of Women Voters, registers a coed in the
University-Center Maroon and Gold-Room. The League is aided by the Student Senate in registering students for the
■Nov. 7Mt. Pleasant city election (See story page; 8).
\oademic Senate votes to revise
withdrawal policy
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__ necessary, then we need some means of
review for extraordinary circumstances."
aidemic<3o       „, Advisory Group
revision i,??!?te,TMonday approved a--      in  other  Senate  action,   Joyce  H.
m m the University's policy of
«ift" after the °m*M drop-
Pillote, associate professor of philosophy/
moved that the regular agenda be set
aside to allow Senate to act on the formation, of a special compromise committee
11 Period.
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Permits a student to drop a class
Nea wW?Ct°f the semester. He
isomatt J?hdrawn) on h*s grade
felt it **?* Bnide he had S» the
^2 °f withdrawal.
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* v grade in the class to
in ^f/rk; Stude«ts dropping a
Se-0f D or b<*>w received
point0--8 Were eQmPwted »*to
to the original proposal
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Student?,?.W .no matter what
*>d to „ }? 12"week deadline
m *P until the last week of
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4ronnLlacluded a waiver .of
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Editorial hastens
policy change
As a result of a CM LIFE editorial,
University officials met Monday and-
cleared up confusion over residence hall
fire alarm procedures.   \
Confusion over the University policy
was discovered last weekend when a false
alarm occured in the south quad dorm.
, Dorm officials- complied with instructions to call Public Safety. Officers
were, expected to shut off the alarm and
reset the system	
After about 15 minutes officers did
arrive but said they were unaware of the
ntew policy. .
Monday, Vice President for Student
--The revised policy places additional
responsibility upon head residents. When
a fire alarm is pulled, the head resident
calls Public Safety-immediately. He informs them that an alarm has'gone off and
the status of the fire (actual fire; false
alarm or unknown).
In dorm halls where the head resident
has access to the master alarm switch, he
has the responsibility to turn off the
alarmr according to Miles. Public Safety
will then reset the alarm.
In halls where the head resident does
not have access to the master alarm
switch, Public Safety will turn it off and
reset the alarm.
If the ;headv resident is out of the
Affairs Albert S, Miles,  Susan Repp, -       ,     ,,   ____-__.„.,.„,*,., nn Hlltv
assistant director of Housing Programs    °»Mmf. *• ***.***C"fthe ahSm
to  study  the  recommendations  of  the
•Student and Faculty Advisory Group in
Selection of Administrators. --s
The committee was formed in March,
1971, to draw up a document to meet
several objectives in the selection of
University administrators. According^ to
John W. Schmidt, Senate-president, the
committee could not reach agreement and
two documents were submitted to the
Board of Trustees.
 Sherman  L.  Ricards,  professor  of
sociology and anthropology, opposed Mrs.
Pillote's motion of forming a special
committee, paying, "The two documents
clearly lay those positions of the committee-, and any compromise should be
drawn here (at the meeting) and not in
some compromise- committee."
Ricards' statements were opposed by
Caiman Levich,, professor of physics, .who
said, "A committee that is so divided on a
document should be replaced. The
documents represent two points of view
and not much could be done by hacking
them on the Senate floor."
"" Mrs. Pillote then moved successfully
that the ' documents be submitted to
Senate for discussion, and Senate would
decide whether or not to form .the.com*
promise committee.
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