1972-04-21; Central Michigan Life

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motion. 5-1
Bog re!QSiSots student member
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By MARK RUMMEL
LIFE Editor-in-Chief
:       . chident representation-on the CMU Board
-Direct student    v >    to4omal ^|eat Wednesday
*— f the^oup^^^essief^ T
rafiernoon at i»« h,        by-'Tffi_tee~Dee M. Boersma
j A mot"* Py,<*P- t elected by the sclent Body
Asking that a an ex.omcio memher of the Board
Reappointed _ defe3iiea 5-1. ; Before voting, the
10{T.U = hPard Student Body President Tim- Horan
msfl•! like to see some kind of action in favor-
say' • I the Board at this, time."
ofthlSySd approached the group seeking student
HoranSn on the Board, as he said both Michigan
rep.TL"f and Governor William. Milliken had said
.£ saw nothing illegal in such actions.
1  _nd nowr a bill proposed by Sen. Fred  Harris
nioWs before the United States Senate approving
^°ml thine'' Horan said. William Joyner,
* Sc contender for  the 100th Congressional
DTvt  Lcked Horan's statements and told the
tt*^5£aen* College and Saginaw Valley
S have voted down similar motions granting
College have vo Uke fo see
%&#*?& «—■'•* tMs «»«"
? . ,<__p Alfred J. Fortino of St. Louis opposed
fi?B Amotion, saying, "Just because the
ferS Ten. Harris and some legislators have
expressed  their opinions doesn't change anything.
We still have no different legal basis.   Our constitution says we have one ex-officio officer ^nd that's
the president.    No other group can arbitrarily add-
members to itself.   It's our responsibility to serve
as we ij^e^ppojuted Tiuuer -the .constitution,Myhe' said.
In defense of her motion, Trustee Boersma noted
that since students have been appointed or at least
discussed at other schools, it-is important to take
some stand, "for this desire (on the part of students)
is not going to go away."
' Trustee Dr. Roger M. Busfield, Jr. of Lansing,
added, "I agree, we shouldn't dude this issue. Some
of us oppose this 'motion, but for different reasons.
I'm glad we at least have officially acted on it."
After the vote, Joyner told reporters, "This will
be continued--month by month.    Before we didn't
have anything, now we haye one vote."
In other business, Trustees heard President
William B. Boyd say,' "I have the unpleasant responsibility of recommending tuition increases for
next year." A hike of $1 per semester hour for
each undergraduate and graduate level hour was
proposed. New in-state tuition and fee rates would
be $16 per undergraduate and $21 per graduate hour.
Out-of-state students' rates would rise to $36 per
undergraduate and $41 per graduate hour.
The current non-refundable registration fee will
continue to be assessed .under the new policy.   It
calls for $7.50 for students taking five hours or less
a semester and $15 for students taking six hours
or more. _   __
Explaining   the  need for the $1 increase, Boyd
told the group, "Even if the governor's budgetary
r ecomin eudatio __
 «i__i~ i- _
'wc«r
change as they were orginaHy made—and they have
been trimmed downward since that time—it would
leave us one-half million dollars in the red. That
is with only a continuance of our present programs
and with no increases."
"We are most reluctant to-raise fees at-this time, .
but it is clear that a balanced budget requires us to
do   so, " Arthur E. Ellis, CMU  vice president for
Public Affairs, explained to the Trustees.
He said other Michigan universities are in similar
tight-money situations and said, "But I can't help
but believe we will have to raise at least part of
this money ourselves."
Trustees, however, tabled the motion indefinitely,
and instructed officials to send out any information
concerning next year's fees with a notation stating
the likelihood of a tuition increase. "We ought to
wait on approval if there is any possibility of getting
another form of budgetary relief." said Trustee
James M. Umphrey of Bad Axe. President Boyd
noted, "I suppose there is one chance in 100 it
(the increase) wouldn't be necessary."
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LIFE
IV Volume 52, Number 79,
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 48858
Friday, April 21,1972
"Weekender" edition
More features, columns
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See Page 3
CMU students plan
mil
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through next
ByTERRI BURKHARDT
LIFE Student Affairs Writer
Due to recent bombing escalation of
North Vietnam, especially the bombing
of Hanoi and the port of Haiphong, Central-students  are  planning .actions  in
tsapport of anti-war rallies and strikes
called by the  National  Student   Lobby
-and National Student Association.
7 Calling themselves. the_JMUJPleasant_
I Strike Committee to End the War Now,
[(MPSGEWN)  the group-met Wednesday
and again Thursday to plan campus actions
ror   the   following   "Stop the Madness
Week." . '      -
A special Student Senate meeting has
I been called  for  3  p.m.  today  in the
University Center-io discuss the-anti-war
I. efforts. Thus far^ planned activities
l' start tomorrdw.night: at 7 p.m. in front
Ml the U.C. with a concert and candle/
) torchlight march. The march is scheduled
to begin at a p.m.   . \ ^.
The march route has been approved tb
include leaving the U.C. at 8 p.m. and
proceeding south on Washington St. by
foe high rise dorm complex. It'will
continue east on Broomfield by Merrill,
Sweeney, Thorpe, Beddow; then north
between those dorms and the Southeast
Grille.
Marchers will proceed north then by
Moore Hall and Park- .Library to the
Parking lot between the U:C. and Warriner,
across to the lot between the Old Library
and Powers Music Hall. Other route.
extensions  are  being planned as well.
After the march the rally will continue
^ front of the Union with various speakers
and more music/ "Anyone who wants to
|ay something or do something is more
1nan welcome," a MPSCEWN spokesman
said.'
°ther than a tentatively scheduled free
concert/picnic on Sunday at Island! .Park,
I actions are planned for the weekend.
"stead students are urged to get tOge-
er and make banners and crosses which
:i..be Placed  in  Warriner  Mall the
official
placed  in
continued.
On Monday night from 7 to 10 p.m.,
a session on Women in the War will be
conducted in the U.C. Auditorium. A
movie on the Health Industrial Complex
and slides on the Air War in Indochina
will be presented. ,
Later in the week, a debate will be
conducted between representatives of
various" presidential candidates in the
U.C. A faculty Teach-in and Peace
Seminar will be scheduled as well.
Throughout   the   week,   petitions and"
letter writing campaigns will be circulating the campus and guerrilla theatre
presentations will be enacted at various
locations. -
-    "The beauty about Stop the Madness
* Week is that it is very spontaneous.  Mt.
.Pleaisafif~peopiie are-concerned about the .
war and the fact that it is not ending.
The Student Government Office is Strike
Headquarters   and  will  be  open seven
nights per week,'! related a spokesman. ,
~ ,    "People are coming together and all
help is welcomed,    ft is strictly non-
violent.     The  people -of Mt. Pleasant
want to. be heard and they deserve to
be .    The war is not ending and we are
worried    about    the   bombings and the
killings, not the normal continuation of
classroom life," he added.
Busses are still available for tomorrow's New York National Anti-War March
and Rally in Detroit. Participants will
be leaving from the corner of Cass and
Putnam - at  6 p.m. today.    Round trip
cost is $30.
Central's anti-war strike actions are
not the only ones throughout the state.
In Detroit, a number of labor leaders
* and businessmen issued a joint statement
opposing the renewed bombing and urging
support of the anti-war rallies in- Los
Angeles and NewJ_ ork that are scheduled
for this weekend.
Protesters are continuing a sit-in in
United States Sen. Robert Griffin's office
and leaders say that they will continue the
sit-in until Friday when an anti-war
rally is scheduled for Kennedy Square
in Detroit.
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LIFE photo by Chuck Suppnick
KEY II WINS - - Tim Horan and John McQuillan brought
in more than 1,500 votes in yesterday's election for student
body offices. Approximately 200 votes were cast at the
Library polling location, pictured above.
With preliminary election results inf Key II candidates^
Tim Horan and John McQuillan will be the next student
body president and vice president, respectively.
Although the count will not be official for .48 hours after the election,
Horan received 1,546 votes, and McQuillan gathered 1,499. The Grass
Roots Party candidates, Frank Johnson and Mike Wright, received 927
and 938 votes, respectively.
Nearly 2,575 students voted in the two-day election - - and this figure
represents almost 18 percent turnout of the student body, according to
CMU Student Body Elections Director Dave Haney.
Both amendments on the ballot passed by a large majority of votes. The
first, calling for abolition of the 2.00 grade point average for Student Senate candidates, received 1,814 "yes" and 173 "no" votes.
The second amendment, lowering numbers of representatives to Senate,
'nc1 "-«" wfttoc __rnrdin_ to Haney.
votes, according to Haney.
received 1,663 "yes" and _5i "no   vui», a^uiUu.b *~ ___v ,
George McGovern outpolled all other contenders in the presidential
preference poll, as he gathered 748 votes.
Program Board and Men's Union representatives' ballots have not yet
been tallied. Complete election results will be available next week in LIFE^