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MICHIGAN
volume 51, Number 85
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Monday, May 10, 1971
With this State of the University edition, LIFE today
offers a year-end review issue
as well as a forecast of expected growth and future developments. Campus leaders
have been interviewed for
opinions on all aspects of University life from student
affairs through faculty concerns to administrative decisions.
Contract greivance points
to discontented faculty
DOUBLE 0(P tee cream cones were the order Friday, as LIFE gave away 1,000 of them in honor
of the fifth annuatiGentle Friday (also Mickey Mouse Day and Brahm's birthday).
approves company
to provide dorm linen
The Residence Hall Assembly
(RHA) at its weekly meeting approved a new linen service "for
CMU's dormitories. Sohn Linen
Company was approved subject
to confirmation by the Housing
Office.
Housing Coordinator George
Jennings reported that bids for
the service had been opened and
that only two companies had
responded. Model Linen Company rejected by RHA last month,
did not bid. Sohn's bid was
slightly lower than that of the
Lansing Laundry. Sohn offered
a refund for any weeks of service it missed, which the other
company did. not.
Freshman applications
down to four per cent
- Richard Hecksel of the Admissions office has announced
the number of freshmen applications for the year is down four
Percent from this time last year.
To date, there have been a total
of 9,684 applications received
by the admissions department,
7,909 of them from prospective
freshmen and 1 ,*775 from people
fishing to transfer to Central,
Of this number, 6,023 have been
accepted, and 3,579 have on-file
their freshman $45 deposit. By
fall Hecksel predicts the number
should drop to 300, judging by
the usual withdrawal rate.
Judging by the overall application drop of 2.4 percent, it
is estimated that next year's enrollment will rise from the present 14,000 to 15,000 in the fall
of '71.
Ear to continue operation
With the help of some 25 to
30 students, organizations and
townspeople, Listening Ear,
~a volunteer answering service
formed to help people in need,
Ml be open parttime this summer and looks forward to open-
ln§ on a 24-hour basis again
aextfall,
"The campaign was a real
s^cess, thanks to the many
students and townspeople who
|ot out to help us,'' said Sue
Kirk, publicity chair than for the
Ear. "We can't thank them
e'tough,»x
Due to a lack of personnel
at the center, it was not able
to schedule enough volunteers
to work fulltime during the
summer months. The Ear
resorted"to a plan where they
Will'be open from i p.m. to 12
a.m.
The Ear is also planning to
start a training program in
early June to train volunteers
for the answering service, If
person^ are interested in
Working as volunteers, they are
invited to contact Listening Ear
at y 772-2918, Miss Kirk
concluded.
Outgoing RHA chairman
Gordon Harrower announced that
the body's Chairman-elect, Bob
Cook,, had resigned.- Nominations for Cook's replacement
were taken, and a special meeting
to elect the new chairman will
be held Tuesday ni^t. The nominees are Mike Reece, of Merrill
Hall; Larry Hembroff,. of Carey
Hall; and Dave Van Heyningen,
of Saxe Hail. Van Heyningen
was elected Vice Chairman at
RHA* s last meeting.
Representatives of the Canteen
Company discussed student complaints about vending machine
service. Students told of empty
or malfunctioning machines
Which they said remained out of
order for weeks at a time.
The Canteen representatives
cited an $800 loss this semester
since January through thefts.
They promised to survey all
dorms and make more deliveries
to buildings that buy the most
products.
Auxiliary Enterprises Administrative Assistant Art Brindle
spoke to RHA concerning the
problem. He said his office
will make sure the problems are
cleared w by fall. "We like
doing business with Canteen,"
he said, "but we are not married
to Canteen. We expect them
to do their utmost."
*
Jennings also spoke on the
Barnes Hall meal options. About
50 percent of the 116 Students
who have signed up for Barnes
have indicated they would like
the "no meal option, he said-.
One other option will be offered,
but results of the poll showed
Nno clearcut preference on it,
he added.
By JUDY SAMELSON
University Affairs Editor
A surprising contract defeat
sent faculty and administration
bargaining teams back to the
drawing board a few weeks ago.
New results, however, will be
made public this week.
From first indications the
multiple year contract, calling
for direct salary increases
ranging from 6.5 percent plus
$66 for 1971-72 to 6.6 percent
plus $200 for 1973-74 should
have passed. Negotiations
teams representing the.faculty
and Board of Trustees reached
agreement on the three-year
contract believed to be the first
multiple-year agreement in the
nation between a faculty bargaining unit and a four-year
university. When put to the remainder of faculty, the contract was defeated.
BOYD RESPONDS
At the time of the bargaining committee's agreement, it
was said that both parties were
satisfied with the proposals included. President William B,
Boyd said, "The faculty of
CMU has indicated their disapproval of the proposed contract. The Faculty Association will now re-evaluate its
position before returning to
negotiations. We will poll the
faculty to determine areas of
discontent. We are hopeful that
the Faculty Association and the
Administration can soon negotiate a contract that will be
agreeable to the faculty. By
negotiating in honesty and mutual faith; we are confident that
an agreement can be reached
before the present contract expires."
Despite all the expectations,
the faculty, in a 70 percent
voting turnout, defeated the contract which was slated to become effective June 30, the
expiration date for the present
pact.
This same unique multi-year
clause of the contract was said
to have defeated it by several
members of the faculty. They
released the following statement:
"The total university community should be well served
by  its impact on the quality
of the institution.   The three-
year term provides securityfor
the faculty while permitting the
University to proceed more effectively with its highest priority task, which is long-range
planning for the academic development of the University./'
Bernard N. Meltzer, chairman of the Faculty Association
bargaining team, said: "We are
highly gratified to have negotiated  an- agreement  that  is
mutually satisfactory to both the
faculty     and    administrative
teams,.   While both sides have
had to make important concessions, the product of our joint
efforts is one that we can readily recommend to our respective constituencies." ^
POLLS TAKEN
Since this time, the Faculty
Association has redefined its
proposals more in accordance
with faculty members suggestions.     Polls were taken to
determine the actual cause of
the contract's failure. Faculty
indicated the areas of greatest
discontent to be the grievance
provisions and the fact that no
provisions were made for economic   reopeners   during the
. three-year life of the contract.
Continued on page 13
Afro-American Center
provides environment
A proposal to change the Afro-
American Cultural Center in the
Old Library to an Intercultural
Center has been made by Earl
Wilson, director of the Afro-
American Cultural Center,
Received by Albert S, Miles,
vice-president for student affairs, the purpose of the intercultural center is to provide an
environment for social, cultural,
educational and possibly service
activities on the part of Black,
Chicano, Foreign, American Indian and White students.
One provision of the new center is to bring about growth
and development on the interpersonal level amongall students
through workshops; speakers,
seminars, service projects and
"rap" sessions.
The center Will also provide
saperate places where the different Cultural groups can plan,
organize, and implement each
Unique group's contribution to
society.
An ultimate goal of the Inter
cultural Center is to establish an
interdisciplinary division of
minority affairs which will have
as its chief purpose the creation
of both an intercultural and interdisciplinary department along
academic lines.
Miles said, the proposal was
received with interest and
is being seriously considered.
He added that he hoped for comments from the University community.
EARL WILSON