1972-10-18; Central Michigan Life

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Gejntra! MipHilgan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
October; ,!$> 1972
'Voice oi* the Unborn*
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rtion definition questioned
LIFE photo by Russ Yantls
lABORTION-Dr. and Mrs, J,C, Wilkie were gues.ts of Mt. Rleasant's
("Voice of the Unborn" Tuesday, Both spoke on coming abortion
[legislation. ...-■■_
By Ivy Glennon
LIFE SU« Writer
Vehement in their stand against
abortion and abortion reform, Mt.
Plea'santV "Voice of the Unborn'1
chairwomen don't completely agree
what abortion is.     ■■„,'.       \
The difference became apparent
as the group prepared te sponsor Dr.
and Mrs, J,C. Wilkie, abortion experts, who spoke op campus Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Herbert Fluharty, a
Lutheran, and Mrs. Robert
Whitehead, a Methodist agreed that
life started at conception.
' Mrs. Whitehead, young mother
of three, said she could see the use of
a "day after" pill as tried at the
University of Michigan, rather than
an abortion.
Mrs. Fluharty, also a mother of
three, said if pregnancy were a
possibility then nothing, including
the "day after" pill, should be used
that would terminate it.
"Voice*" of the Unborn" which
worked with, groups from St. Louis
and Alma to bring the Wilkies to this
area yesterday, formed to fight the
abortion proposal on Michigan's
November ballot.
After the election, the group
wants to expand and provide homes
for unwed mothers and placement
for their babies whether-' the
proposal is defeated or not.
In an interview exposing their
differences, the women voiced a
firmer agreement.
Mrs. Fluharty said, "A woman
has a right to do with her own body
what she likes. Babies are not part of
her body."
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A-Senate ammends
withdrawal policy
By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
j Academic Senate voted Monday
(rescind and ammend the With-
Iwl Policy passed Sept. 11. The
|on was the result of a motion by
ert F. Croll, associate professor
[business administration.
The policy passed Sept. 11
nitted a student to withdraw
i & class and receive a W Iwith-
jwall up to the last week of school,
i bo grade .restrictions.
Croll made the motion "in
fulfillment of the charge given' to me
by the faculty Of the Department of
Business and Administration at a
meeting Sept. 20," according to a
letter to John W. Schmidt, chairman
of Academic Senate.
"The policy (passed Sept. 11) is
simply too extreme," said Croll/
One Academic Senator went so
far as to say the policy "makes
grading standards meaningless at
CMU."
Central is' now   back   to   the
"same old policy," according to
Robert Lovinger, Academic Senate
secretary,
That policy permits a student to
drop a class through the twelfth
week of the semester and receive a
W if he has maintained a grade of C
or above. Students dropping a class
with a D or E, receive an E grade
which is computed into their overall
average.
Lovinger indicated another new
• policy will probably be coming up in
the'future.
Speech issue leads
to heated debate
By Bruce Lesnick
*•      LIFE Staff Writer
" Confused and heated discussion
[CMU's apparently non-required
T?«ch 101 class highlighted
forme Senate Monday. ,
S motion was made to approve
em of University Curriculum
Smittee minutes calling for
loval of Speech 101 requirement
each University curriculum
»sthe' Committee is notified by'
responsible for a particular
ieulum that Speech 101 be
hined."
: Caiman Levich, professor of
|ikg, urged that the motion be
down calling it "piecemeal
«g with the curricula" and
wing requirements on ah ad hot
'whimsical basis."
f's snowing/
wing, gone
The first snow swirlsd to tBs'
»nd,-Tuesday   interffiittejily
«hout the day. This was due to
* front that moved do#n from
(»■ Its going to get colder by
Wsday, so,take out your new
coats far a few dsyal -
""Besides   that   it's   terrible
education," he said.  '
Leonard Lieberman, associate
professor of sociology and anthropology, accused Academic
Senate Chairman John Schmidt of
having conflicting interests in
presiding over ihc--SpeechA01 issue.
Schmidt is acting chairman of the
Speech and Dramatic Arts
Department.
Schmidt then turned the chair
over to- Robert E. Kohrman,
professor of chemistry, for the issue.
Stephen     Dragoon,     Indian
foreign student, announced he had
taken    Speech    101    and    learned
. nothing from it, and then accused A-
Senate of being close-minded.   j
The phrase "by. those
responsible * for a particular
curriculum" was pointed out as being
jsmbigHOtt§.: Jn   the jcase   qf__ four*
departments,   "those    responsible"
was    determined     to     be     the
Curriculum Committee.
It was' eventually  determined
,_that Speech 101 is not a University
requirement and has not been for
years. It is a requirement on many
curricula however.
"The - registrar has said any
group which doesn't want it (Speech
101 as a requirement) doesn't have
to have it," explained Levich. "This
motion is, completely unnecessary."
The motion was defeated.
A motion was then made by
Lieberman to set aside the agenda to'
.move that the University
Curriculum Committee notify , the
departments that Speech 101 is not a
requirement. It failed to get the
necessary two-thirds majority.
Rare blood needed
A plea for ad A-negative blood,
doner w»a broadcast yesterday in ah
effort to help a CMU coed's father
lying   injured   in   Benton   Harbor
.Hospital.        * ■
Family and hospital officials
declined to release the name of the
injured man but uyged that students
h« notified of the need for blood,
The.announcement, which came
iff % biology class, asked potential
Mrs. Whitehead said, "They say
it violates women's civil rights,"
(abortion restrictions) "but the right
to life is the first right guaranteed in
the Constitution." *    :  '
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Another consideration was
about children. Mrs. Fluharty .said
she knows of ho organization of
parents of mentally retarded
children that endorses abortion.
Mrs. Charles Johnson, publicity
chairman of the group, said, "We
have both a moral obligation as a
Christian and a civic obligation as a
citizen...'to fight for our moral
religious beliefs."
"We are abolishing capital
punishment, trying to stop the war,
hut npt protecting unborn babies,
"Mrs. Whitehead .said- ;;"We are
going back to barbaric customs."
The women cited Overcrowded
hospitals .and possible blood clots
from the Saline solution used in some
abortions from the Wilkie's book,
"Handbook on Abortion." The book
also noted twice as many women die
from- abortion as from childbirth.
"College kids can do a lot, Mrs,
Whitehead added. "As a group they
are more idealistic, ".The /group
would like their support".      •   •
S-Senate discusses
William's extradition
By Terri Burkhardt
LIFE Staff Writer
Thaddeus Zolty, professor of
political science, spoke at Monday
nights Student Senate meeting on
behalf Of Robert WiHiams' a black
militant being extradicted to North
Carolina to. face charges stemming
from jin alleged kianapptagJnJ^6JL.^
-toity is circulating petitions in
the Mt. Pleasant area asking
Governor   William   G.   Milliken   to
reverse his extradiction orders.
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"Williams has been living in
Baldwin and has no other criminal
charges against him," Zolty said.
"As stated in the petition, the
white- couple that Williams
alledgedly "kidnapped" has
publically expressed the disire for
the state to drop charges.
"Both black and white churches
in North Carolina are asking for
charges to be dropped," Zolty said;
"Gov. Milliken has granted amnesty
to various escaped convicts with
charges against them more serious
than the charges against Williams."
In a unanimous decision,
Student Senate voted to support
William's- petition drive. Williams
will be on campus Oct. 25 at 7:00
p.m. in Anspach 161.
Other Student Senate business
centered around the Student Union.
. -According". t9 senators, for-- the
purpose of effectiveness and expediency in implementing the Union,
a resolution was passed, to set up
four core committees including the
Public Relations Committee, the
Executive Committee, the Constitutional Committee and the Investigative Committee.
Various'Unions representatives
will be speaking in classrooms and .
dorm ^complexes on  behalf of  the
• Union later this week. Tentatively
scheduled
Thorpe,
Sweeney.
dorm   sessions   include
Barnes,    and    Merrill-
The next Student Senate
meeting will be Oct. 23 at 8:15 p.m.
in the University Center auditorium.
LIFE photo by Bob Gulcllo
EXTRADITION-Thaddeus  Zolty,  professor  of  political science,
addressed Student Senate Monday.
City to purchase woods
for use as picnic area
donors to call 774-5831, 774-5932 or
'774-5727, Transportation to the
hospital will be provided.
Those, persons "Wishing to.
donate but uncertain of their blood
type may go to CMU Health Services
today through Friday from 9 to 10
a.m. and ask John Stark, laboratory
technician,- to make a- blood-type
determination-
■HoiWOiUBHTOMIfl
By Jack Miller ,.
LIFE Staff Writer
Area   residents    can    begin
making plans for a family picnic in 60
acres of predominately undisturbed i
woodlands on the north edge of Mt,
Pleasant. '
According to John P. Walsh,
administrative assistant for the City
of Mt. Pleasant, the land will be
purchased this winter, "hopefully in
November"/'
The area is a jointly funded
project with the majority of the
money coming from federal and state
funds and will be known as Leonard
Woods Park. '   ,
Of the $126,400 total cost,
$63,200 will come from the Federal
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation,
$37,920 from the State of Michigan,
and the remaining $25,280 from the
Mt. Pleasant area.
"Benefits of the park outweigh (
-the city's minimal input,". Walsh
said. Walsh said the land, located on
Harris Road across^ from the State
Home, will be purchased as soon as
certification of the funds is received
from Michigan Department of.
Natural Resources.   .
Although construction will not
begin until' next summer, "people
will be able to tobaggan this winter
on the existing hill." said Walsh.
Bids for > the project -will be
taken "early ;nex*t spring and the
total project will be done at one
time," Walsh', noted, Plans call far
.secluded picnic sites, hiking trails, an
outdoor,classroom, and a play' area
tyhich will be used as a skating rink
djuring the winter.
The park .will stress undeveloped areas vyith only 10 Acres
to be utilized for,the various sites..
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