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Volume 52, Number 38'
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858
"Weekender" edition
More .features, columns,
and entertainment!
Educational Allocations Seem
Friday, December 3, 1971 Shakey - See page 4
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By DALE MALEWSKA '
LIFE Staff Writer
Rustic Nethercut Woodland will' ne^er
be the same. JohnKrullj associate professor of biology at CMU/ and a nine member
faculty committee are finalizing, pians
for the development of the_250 acre
parcel of land into a multi-use University facility,     '_
Located on highway M-115 five miles
northwest of FarweU, the University-
owned acreage is soon to be utilized,'
mainly by the Biology Department, as a
teaching and research facility for undergraduate and graduate students. Complete
with a cabin and numerous nature trails
Nethercut will offer first-hand experience
to biology students in applying classroom
' knowledge to real use.
Krull explained that as far as the Biology
Department is concerned, his main
responsibility as chairman of the project
, is to, first, start and finish the construction
• of a building on the Nethercut property,
and, secondly, to devise and implement a
"conservation education-nature interpretation" program.       ' - .       "  ^
Krull further explained that a two level
nature trail system will be devised. There
will be a nature trail for several different
age groups—kindergarten through third
grade, fourth to sixth, junior and senior
high school and college adult. The second
level will revolve around the seasons, with
different trails for each age group and
season.
Krull added another major- area for
development is a program for the handicapped. A nature trail for wheelchair
students and a braille trail for the blind
are a couple of ideas being considered.
A final area of development will be a
series of demonstration-locations. Krull
stated that some of the projects being
thought of are the positive aspects of
fire as an ecological tool, and exclusion
of deer from certain areas to demonstrate
the effect of a deer population.'
usage
Another demonstration site will be Elm
Creek, which runs through the property.
Krull explained that classes will put to
use istream development^ practices by
utilizing a quarter mile stretch of the
stream.- Practices will include fish
development) pools and plans to cut
erosion.
Krull added that students will get firsthand experience at forest regeneration
methods consisting of selecting, thinning
and pruning trees.
Krull explained that aside from the
Biology Department, classes in conservation, ecology nature study, and dendrology
(tree study) may use the facilities.
He further emphasized that this project
is not just for the Biology Department
and administrators, but for all students
and any other interested departments on
campus.
Departments which have shown interest
in the program are Recreation, Art, Music,
and Health Education.
Krull ishopefuLthat areaschool children
from FarweU, Clare and Mt. Pleasantwill
be able to utilize the site.
Interest in Nethercut began in 1960,
and it is hoped that building construction
Will begin this winier, with completion
by spring. A budget for the programs
should follow shortly thereafter, according
to Krull.        '■'*'■
The proposed building will be a.shelter
and meeting place and is being designed
by Anthony Paparella, University architect. Paparella stated that the plans for
the 1;600 square foot building consist of
a,24 by 28 foot meeting'room and a 16 by
24 foot workroom, * complete with
kitchenette, offices and lavatory facilities.
The site for the building is undecided.
Paparella said the. building will be constructed of genuine log or roughcut cedar,'
and will contain many large picture
windows!
IT'S   A  LONG   reach   for   this little guy but Eric Durham, son of Saxe's head
resident,        *■ gets his hands in the action as
Christmas tree.
he helps decorate the Saxe-Herrig
Mail may bring much joy to males
By DARRYL SCZEPANSKI  ..
LIFE Student Affairs Editor
For all lucky CMU .males with draft
lottery numbers above 125, this holiday
season's mail will    bring more than just
Christmas greetings.       .'.-.„
Mixed within Christmas cards and packages win be a letter from their local
^elective Service-board informing them of
»«r opportunity to turn in their deferment
and move to a lower priority,
"The     National    Selective    Service
oMoc01"' Curtis TarrVhas set a ceiling
1 125 as the highest any local board can
reach for   1971,"   said   RirthA Johnson,'
secretary of the Michigan Local' Board
.1N0; 38, located in Mt. Pleasant.      *
Since local boards are now assured
a truly 'national' ceiling  each board
a• mailing letters to ajl draft.eligible men
wno fall m this category" she said.. "All
ten with deferments have the opportunity
h 1 q,T the Pirst PrwritySelection Group
. s0„  I ' and ther.eafter be assigned to the
second Priority Selection Group in 1972.
■•lift* i s action would limit draft vulner-
m»L    ^ future excepf in the case of
maJor mobilization."        -.   • ^    .
a£^ letters ^e a result of the 1971
V2T!jMS;,to tfie Draft L-^<Pubiic
cbotar a 0ne- of the major Changes
Bradr? lUS student deferments. Under-
en^T? C0llege ,st"dents who were,, not '
:>2S i °rt a fulltim* basis and making
ca\S ?ry D^Bfwta toward.' a, bac-
7, ,eatedegreeduringthereguiarl970- '"■
.academic year will not qualify-for, a
lul deferment.       - -   -1 ■
Hiew T ?1 aWdm*nts also established •
.-r-   w^1as®,4,Hvwakfe4ia&beende»ignafed^
as an administrative holding category.
According to a November release from the
Selective Service System, men in class
I-H will have inactive files and will
not be considered for Induction unless
they are reclassified I-A..
Other changes set time limits for personal appearances before local boards.
Each registrant will now be entitled to such
time for his personal appearance with his
local board as is reasonably necessary
for a fair representation of his claim.
Requirements for appointment and
service on local and appeal boards Were
also -modified. Prior to the new rulings,
the minimum age for service on a board
was 30 years, the maximum length of
service was 25 years and the maximum
age was.751 Now an 18-year-old may
serve on a board, the maximum length
is 20 years and the age limit has been
set at 65 years.
The- new.1 regulations  have, different.
effects   on  several groups of students.
The new decision on undergraduate
student deferments stipulates that students who, were not' qualified for n-S
undergraduate deferments during the
1970-71 school year will not be considered
for IIrS'deferments.
v Establishment fo the I-H classification
affected- men. who turn 18 in 1972, those
Whotyrhed 18 in 1971 and men who will
be 'subject.|o the draft in 1J972.
' Menwho registered in 1971 were "la ssi-
fied l-A upon registration. - This- age
group will have their lottery drawing in.
1972. Shortly thereafter, a I-H cutoff
, Will, be set.        "       ,       . »•»,.'• "
o *'iAb •■iho^tiroei * .tu®ee' '• 4*egistr«i^s* *with*
numbers above the cutoff will be reclassified I-H and'their file will be inactivated.
Unless there is a mjor change in military
manpower requirements, Tarr has guaranteed that the I-H cutoff numbers will
remain unchaged during the period of
prime vulnerability for each age group.
A I-H cutoff number will also be set
for the group of men which will be
subject to induction in 1972. Those above
the   cutoff -number will be reclassified
I-H and at the end of the year those
below the I-H cutoff whose numbers have
not been reached also will be reclassified
I-A.
According to Tarr, youth advice helped
to shape national draft policy. "The
new draft law and regulations reflect
nearly two dozen significant changes in
the system," he said,
"Of  the. 36 suggestions put forward
Continued on page 10
Senate approves
resolution
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By JUDY SAM EL SON
LIFE Academics Editor
, Students  will be receiving their fall
. semester grades as per the usual schedule,   according to the latest resolution
passed in Academic Senate.,.-
Monday evening, this Seriate: reviewed
a proposal originally, passed September
27 changing grade submission deadlines
from three and one-half days to five
days after final class day.
The Monday revision, only in effect
for this semester, was called for when
CMU Registrar George N. Lauer protested the change. Lauer was spokesman
for. all of the offices involved in grade
processing, ■ ■. —
A resulting study of the process was
conducted'by the. Senate Executive Cdm-
■ mittee.     ' ' *'
.... ^ri^wlly ^tne»*^nai^«n^^Ved-wJifttteB
from George L. Stengren, chairman of
the*1 Department of Philosophy, requesting a seven day period between the end
of the semester and the date of forwarding  grades  to   the  Registrar's Office*
The policy, at this time, called for all
grades to be in the Registrar's Office
within 84 hours after the end of the term.
Processing begins the afternoon they were
received, and grades were mailed five
days later. ,
Opponents of the three and one-half day
.period   said,this  was not an adequate*
time period in which to read essay exams
and term papers as carefully as should
be done.
Other points in favor of the shortened
time period said that it is imperative to
submit grades as soon as possible for
those students transfering and those affec -
ted by, probation and cancellation*  ,
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