1970-09-14; Central Michigan Life

              .     By SUE BEEVES;
[§s% Ed. - Student Affairs
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BYRON KUXHAUS
LIFE Staff Columnist
Mike Lueder, . student-body
ce-president, announced today
at he would not serve asStudent
nate president "unless the Sen-
considers the measures nectary to abolish itself Imraedi-
ely, and take necessary steps to
■eate a truly represehtatvie
niversity Congress.'*
Lueder said his main..goal was
abolish the bureaucratic mess**
hich currently confronts all stu-
organizations. He said he
s all academic concerns put
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under, the jurisdiction of aUni- Lueder said that the idea of
versity Congress and all social abolishing student government
concerns under "something like had been around for a long time
a program board." — .  .
Such a proposal, according to
lent
Lueder, would allow for the cen-
ralization of funds, authority and
give adequate representation to
students.
A University Congress, Lueder
said, would be composed of students, faculty and administration
staff representatives.
"But,*' he said, « people never
got together enough to do it.**
Lueder said,"I will refuse to
serve unless Senate acted as a
Constitutional Convention concerning itself only with matters
related to constitutional reform.**
He said that he would assume
the head of the constitutional
convention and would serve in an
ex-officio' compacity as student
body vice-president.
"Student government, as it
stands now, is unrepresentive,**
Lueder said. <<Hbw many Blacks,
foreign students or organizations
are represented?"
Lueder said that he did not
know 70 people on campus that
he could really represent let
alone 13,000.
Lueder said toat he wasn't
going to dictate to anyone how
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errote
a new representative body should
form, but that his only concern^
was getting everything together
at onetime.
"I don't want the Senate to be
dealing with petty little things all
year long. This is what hashap-
pened in toe past and things have
failed because no one has put
forth enough effort.
Lueder indicated that unless
the Senate began work immediately on constitutional reform,
he would refuse to serve as toe
Senate president, which the present constitution demands.
Lueder wished to emphasis
that this is not a threat to toe
faculty but merely an effort to
get faculty and students together
for the betterment of toe University.
Since the University Senate is
about-to come to an end, the time
is right for University-wide reform," Lueder said. "There is
much work to be done and little
time to do it.**
CEEP helps underpriveleged
students finance education
THIS MAP outlines toe Student Senate districts. Candidates
will be circulating petitions in each of their districts. Students may only sign aCandidates petition who is seeking
representation in that district* Petitions must be in by 5 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18. -
By J OE CONKLIN
LIFE Staff Writer
Continued Educational Ex-
periance Program, (CEEP), is
an organization that a&s&sts
underprivileged students attend
college.
"We have an unusual situation
here,'* explained James Wadley,
program director, <'because our
ultimate goal is to be so sucess-
ful that we no longer need toe
program."
*?Indirectly we are, trying to
attract other underprivilged
and minority students to this
university, Wehope that students
here under toe program will go
back to there homes and give
their non-college friends some
ideas about trying college."
"The more under privledged
kids we attract this way the less
we'll need the program."
CEEP, formerly Project 20',
works in conduction with groups
like United Migrant Organization
Incorporated, Upward Bound and
Neighborhood Youth  Orgainiza-
ization in selecting students to
participate in the program,
Theprogram orginally
brought twenty underprivledged
students to school every semester,  Wadley would like to expand
that number but money would be a
stumbling block.
Money supporting the organization comes from sources like
the College Work Study Program,
Economic Opportunity Grant and
this University.
Wadley said that toe program
" supplies  most of the financial
Program
has new
In an attempt to stimtt&lte
social activity on campus the
Program Board is establishing a
Student Information Center,
Features of the center will
include a chart indicating concert
ticket sales, a blind dating service where male and female students can meet and a list of
numbers where open parties are.
"We have discussed a wide
variety   of. ideas,"   Program
Board   chairman   Carl Bender
said.   « We will take any social
news  anyone  wants  others to ,
know about."
Bender added that the center .
should  be  in  operation within
a couple of weeks.
In other action the Board set
aside $1,500 to be combined with
aid toe first year but the longer a
student continues the more financial responsibilities he assumes.
In commenting on the success
of the program to date Wadley
said, "The results have been
pretty good. We're quite happy
with the acheiveihents of the
students here."
Wadley beieves that programs
like CEEP have helpeu underprivileged students get to college all over the country. "The
future of toe less fortunate isn't
so dismal thanks to programs like
this," he said.
board
plans
money from Men's Union and
Student Government to sponsor
a week of involvement during the
second semester^ The week will
include Speeches by prominent
persons and seminars discussing
public affairs.
Bender also announced that
elections to fill ten vacancies
on the Board will be held Sept. 29.
Persons interested in running are
asked to meet wito Bender this
Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Board
offices on toe second floor of toe
Old Library,
" Plans to ' sponsor  bus trips
to three away football games
are progressing smoothly ac-.
cording to Bender. Final details
concerning the trip- will be
announced in a few days, he said.
Little known state
park on CMU campus
S?V E' MWCHELL "State" park located       state park in Michigan."    The park
m 6ast of Warriner, is called toe "smailes!: a*^ CMU's director of purchasing.
is named'
By LINDA CLARK
LIFE Staff Writer
While an increasing concern
Wito campus beautificatlon and
establishment of parks and malls
exists at Central, few recognize
toe presence omenry E. Mitchell
Estate" park.
Described by it's founders as
a   "grassed   island   south  of
Warriner HalV' toe triangular
area has one white oak;two elms,
and  a weathered picnic table.
Dedicated in 1964 at a formal
military ceremony which was
directed by Lt, Col. Adolpli
Fossom, the park originated as
a concept of Alvin "Eed"Coen,
coordinator   of   schedules  and
space.
Since it's dedication as a park,
the small area has. changed little
in appearance.
Humors toat toe park would
be destroyed during University
Center renovation prompted the
anonomous placement of the
plaque which relates it's name
and history*
Mitchell has served wito toe
university eleven years as director of purchasing and previously
as administrative assistant to
Vice President of Business and
Finance.
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