1971-09-08; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 52, Number 4
Mount Pleosant, Mi chigan 48858
Wednesday, Septembers, 1^71
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Method made easy
By JUDY SAMELSON
LIFE Academics Editor
A new amendment which will alter the
Academic Senate constitution will be
reaching member Senators October 30,
1971. The proposal concerns adopting
a new and faster method of changing the
constitution.
The request was originally submitted
to the Academic Senate Executive Board
May 5 and it was to be presented to
the electorate at that time. However,
due to summer vacation, the electorate
did not receive the document until August
30. A 60 day wait must now elapse
before a vote can be taken.
The new amendment reads:.
"An Amendment to the Constitution may
be initiated by either of the followingways:
A.    Any group composed of five (5)
percent of the electorate, to the nearest
whole number, may initiate an amendment.
B. "The Senate may initiate an amendment by approval of two-thirds (2/3)
<* the members present and voting oh
wo (2) successive regular meetings of
the Senate.
G. Before an amendment can be submitted to the. Executive Board of. the
Senate it. must be reviewed in an advisory
Student elections
scheduled $6(128
si^of Sen^e eleotioiis will be held
Dave Han acCordlne to Emotions Director
s*tL f^, ta to* election are the 76
seats in Student Senate. Also to becon-
^eprtsrtLfiVe ?e^«an seats and five
iS?SuM V?*Ww seats on the Pro-
S^2r'?f '"L V- available
beLn- \ » Wlth tte campaigns
^guuung the 20th, according to Haney,
tionQrncerniAS eligibility for the elec-
Gover^  ^available in the Student
^nment Office, he said.     .
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free   ,; lenatq?haVeMondayevenings
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enate meetings are schedttled.
capacity by the Drafting Committee* of
the Senate.    -
An amendment proposed under either
procedure  shall  be deposited with the
-Executive Board of the Senate.*',
This new proposal would take the place
of the present provision in the constitution
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more support
By DARRYL SCZEPANSKI
UFE Student Affairs Editor
• The. drive for student representation
on university boards.of trustees is well
underway on the CMU campus and initial
reaction is favorable, according to Mt.
Pleasant senior Bill Joyner.
Joyner recently announced the formation
of a group on campus to push for representation, in an exclusive interview with
LIFE.
"I talked to Albert Miles, yice-presi-^
dent for public affairs," said "Joyner,
"and! they advised me to take the route
of a constitutional amendment. They were
very helpful and seemed quite interested
and in favor of the drive.
"Several state representatives and students from other campuses have also been
contacted. My immediate concern is to
secure some time on the agenda of the
next CMU Board meeting. Ellis has
promised to help me with this."
Joyner outlined his two initial requests
as the placing of two students on university boards and asking the CMU Board
of Trustees to support his drive.
"In the meantime, until November of
1972 rolls around," Joyner said, "I will
ask the Board to meet openly with students and set aside a time when students
can address the Board. I also would like
to see the student body president sit on
the   Board   as an ex-officio  member."
Joyner is urging students to attend the
Sept. 15 Board meeting* *'The more students in attendance, the better chance our
group have of getting* oh the agenda,"
he said. "To arouse interest in the
meeting, we will be canvassing door-to-
door in the dorms anddistributingleaflets
and hanging banners later this week,"
Joyner concluded.
Mountain headlines series
Men's Union Pop Concert Series will
open this month with the appearance of
"Mountain" on Sept. 23, in Finch Field-
house.
The group, which is noted for the song
"Mississippi Queen, " as well*as an
appearance at Woodstock:, will perform
with "Milan".
Tickets for the concert will be sold
at the University Center Ticket Office
beginning tomorrow for $3 per person,
according to Men's Union spokesmen.
Early admission tickets, which will be
sold for $4 willalso be available to
500 students. These special tickets allow
each ticket holder the opportunity to
enter the fieldhouse before those holding
general admission tickets, thereby, allowing themtheir choice of seats.
numerous smaller priced groups that are we would be doing more for the students,"
still well known," Harrower said, concluded Harrower.
"If we could offer more of these con- The University Ticket office is open
certs  with  ticket prices ranging from Monday through Friday from  1 until 4
$2 to $3, instead of a couple $4 concerts, p.m.
Student government starts
joqopch
"As soon fls tickets   for oae
concert are sold oai.,.$afc$ for
fallomaa concerts will begin/f
According to Gordon Harrower, Men's
Union President, "This year's fall concert
series is still in the planning stages.
It is the desire of Men's Union to Offer
as ■ many concerts as possible as long
as the students support them. As soon
as tickets for one concert are sold out,
promotion and ticket sales for the following concerts will begin," he Continued.
"We are faced with a new problem
mis year. Our allowed capacity in Finch
FieldhoUse has been limited to 3,400
by the Mt. Pleasant Fire Marshall for
safety reasons. Because of this,, there
is no chance of bringing the big name
groups to CMU anymore. Groups such
as "Ike and Tina Turner*?- and the "Carpenters" could only be brought here.at
ticket prices wiucn range from $4.50
to $6 each. To compensate for this
problem,    Men's* Union   hopes to offer
voter registration drive
With the passing of the 26th amendment to the constitution, the
young people of this nation within the 18 to 21 age group have been
newly enfranchised with the right to vote. The recent decision of the
Michigan Supreme Court has special significance to CMU students '
as well as to students in the many other colleges and'universities
across the state, because we now can vote in our college towns
based on the thirty-day residency requirement. We strongly
recommend and encourage Central students to exercise the right
by getting out to register and vote in the upcoming November
elections. The City Clerk, Charles A. Deibel has been quickly
assembling a program in conjunction with Student Government and
the Women's League of Voters to locate conveniently placed voter
registration booths and voting polls on campus this fall, (probably
in the University Center and South Union). Student Government
will provide this" service on a strictly^non-partisan and non^pref-
erence basis; we are not concerned with* the results of the election-
wear e concerned With the student participation.
Until these facilities are established on campus, students can be
registered at the Clerk's Office in the Municipal Building in downtown Mount Pleasant. All students must be eighteen by election
day, a resident of Michigan for at least six months, and a resident
of Mount Pleasant by the fifth Friday (Oct. 1) before the election.
There is no registration fee, and the only information asked for
is your name, Mount Pleasant address, home address, the names of
your parents, and your birthplace and date. The completed registration card will be processed and sent to you by mail, and you are
asked to retain for presentation election day, November 2.
The November elections are important because they involve
two seats to the Mount Pleasant City Commission. We sincerely
hope that the students of CMU will see the need for participating
in the upcoming elections.
Tim Horan
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT
•   Jim McBryde : •
DIRECTOR: VOTER REGISTRATION PROGRAM
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