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Remote TV Unit
Will Cover Trial
WCMU-TV (Channel 14) will use-its
newly acquired remote television unit ior
the first time tomorrow to provide live
coverage of a mack tried from Isabella
County Courthouse.
The coverage will begin at 7:30 p.m. and
is expected" to run until 9 p.m. The trial is
being sponsored* by the Isabella County Bar.
Association for Law Day.
The remote unit, which, includes two television cameras and other equipment estimated at a value of $55,000, was donated to
the University last month by the Poole
Broadcasting Co., WJRT-TV (Channel 12),
Flint.
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Student Senate Proposes New
Course Evaluation Program
by ELLEN EAVES
Life News Editor
Course evaluation was presented to Student
benate last night in a report by the Educational
Awareness Committee.
Recommendations concerning what the evalua
tion should cover, purposes of the evaluation, the
form m which it should be administered and general questions to be included in the form were
presented in a four-page report.
A general outline of the committee's proposal
consists of a pilot program to take place this
semester m which three departments would take
the survey.
Results Only io Instructors
The results of this initial survey would not be
open to everyone, but only to the instructors whose
classes would be surveyed to show that the survey
can or cannot be objectively handled.
According to the members of the Educational
Awareness Committee, course evaluationis a
"means of providing an oppormnity for the instructor to obtain reaction through an analytical
critique of methods and materials used by him.
"The purposes of course evaluation is to improve the content and quality of instruction by
providing students with an authorized channel for
expressing their opinions."
In Pre-Primary Trip to Indiana
Steve Banyan, chairman of the Educational
Awareness Committee, said the puroose of the
pilot program is to find any problems which might
arise concerning the administration of the form,
or rndradual questions on the form Then these
problems can be solved so that it can be acceptable
in the ruture on a University wide basis.
Three Departments
The committee hopes to conduct its initial program in three departments of the University. In.
these^ departments, at a time selected by the instructor, the forms would be passed out during
class. The instructor would leave the classroom
and a section chairman" would then be in charge
to oversee a specific amount of time to be allowed
for completion of the evaluation. The forms will
not be signed.
««.     «.    Resulis A*4** Grading
placed m an envelope, sealed and taken by the
section chairman to the department office where
taiSS t f^6? to ** ^dividual iSS
^r^^ §rades have been mailed out
The faculty members will vote on what
should be done with these evaluations arter Se
mdmdual instructors have seen them
The process to, be used in upcoimng years will
depend on how well the initial pro^tworS,
Students Support Kennedy
(Photo by Martinsen)
FRESHMAN ONE-ACT'S gave students in dieting and rehearsal class an opportunity to
fcect a play." The productions were staged on
Ihursday and Friday night Shown are Johanna
Platteschorre, Grandville junior and Thomas
Sarr, Dearborn freshman in "Ransom of Red
Chief."
by PAM WEBB
Life Staff Writer
Forty CMU students traveled to Elkhart,
Indiana this weekend with the Students for
Robert F. Kennedy Committee.
Sent primarily to canvass sections of Elkhart
for possible Kennedy supporters, the work was in
preparation for .the Indiana primary election May
7. The entire trip was financed by the National
Kennedy for President Committee.
Students left by bus Friday afternoon for
Goshen College, a small Mennonite school in
Goshen, thirty miles from Elkhart. They roomed
with students at the school, who also helped in
the canvassing.
The city was divided into precincts and the
students canvassed door to door to gain support
for Senator Robert Kennedy as a presidential candidate. They were also asked to inquire what people believed was the major problem in the United
States today and to distribute Kennedy materials.
freshmen Re-elect REAL Ticket
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\ It took two elections, but the sophomore
class officers were finally elected in a special
election conducted last week.
Victorious at the polls were the present freshman class officers: president, Stan Olsen; vice
president, George Heide; secretary, Candy Halli-
li'l Union Reopened
, Following four idle weeks of student protests end demonstrations, the South East Union
was reopened by the administration for use to
students.
•  According to" Richard Lichtenfelt, director of
University and Food Services, the Union was reopened "due to some  assurance that the rules
ttquld be abided by- Some (south quad) dorm officers assured me this (the UC no-card playing pol-
lcy) would be followed, so I said, okay, open it."
(( Steve Rison, student body president, felt that
.opening the Union and resolving the situation
would be taken together. It was not."
I   Rison said that the major concern on the administrator's part was opening the Union. Rison's
jjtoajor concern was "opening the Union and resolv-
Pg the issue."
\ Lichtenfelt went on to say, "We should have
Plicies that we can work under and are fair and
Suitable. What the students in the dorms wanted
i^ndi were interested in is what is important."
; Lichtenfelt said if a student is caught playing
Jards in either union, he will be asked to put his
cards away and leave. If he refuses and can be
jjentified, his name will be given to the Dean of
^udents office for disciplinary action.
day and treasurer, Jody Rooney. All were reelected to their present posts.
The special election was required due to a mix-
up of names for secretary and treasurer on the
ballots in the regular April 2 election.
Votes from that election for the offices of
sophomore class president and vice president were
tabulated. But the votes for secretary and treasurer were disregarded. Sophomores only revoted
for a secretary and treasurer at last week's election.
Running against the REAL ticket was the
SCORE ticket composed of Bill Joyner, Rick Hall,
Kathy Craig and Sue Hughes.
Olsen beat out Joyner for the presidency with
795 votes to 506. Hall was defeated by Heide 565
to 733.
Candy Halliday, whose candidacy was challenged before Student Judiciary by Don Gregory,
elections director, won with 443 votes over 267 for
Kathy Craig for class secretary.
Gregory ruled Miss Halliday's candidacy invalid because she forgot to sign one of the petition
forms. However, his decision was over-ruled by
the Student Judiciary.
Jody Rooney defeated Sue Hughes with 407
votes to 305 for the office of treasurer.
Two weeks ago Kathy Smith petitioned the
Judiciary to have all four officers elected again
on April 23 instead of just the two. She had been
denied the right to vote in her dorm due to a
shortage of ballots April 2.
Student Judiciary, however, over-ruled Miss
Smith's petition for several reasons. First, Miss
Smith failed to present concrete evidence of negligence on the part of the election committee and
secondly other voting places were open with ballots at which Miss Smith could have voted*     .
Dave Morse, Homer sophomore and organizer
of the Students for Kennedy, reported that the
trip was ua major factor in helping to stop Governor Brannigan. who is the favorite son candidate
from the state of Indiana." He also reported that
another trip is definitely scheduled for May 4-5
and over 8Q Central students are planning to
attend. The canvassing will encompass South Bend,
Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.
Greg Merwin, vice president of the student
body, noted that the Students for Kennedy "show
a lot for our generation — that kids are not just
sitting around letting others do it."
Merwin also stated that a committee in support of Governor Nelson Rockefeller is being initiated, whether or not he declares his candidacy,
in order "to show support for Rocky at. the national convention.**
Students for Eugene McCarthy on campus attended the Wisconsin primary election April 12
in Madison. They also have been chstributing materials to interested students on campus.
Cal Mott, Oxford junior and head of the Students for Richard M. Nixon committee at Central
is "highly confident of the support at CMU for
Nixon.*'" His steering committee of eight students
has distributed pamphlets and posters to Nixon
supporters and is considering the posability of
attending a primary election during the summer.
Representatives from the Michigan Students
for Kennedy will be at Central this_ evening at 8
in Pearce 127.
Draft Delay Possible
Men in graduate school who are now eligible for induction under the new draft law
may find a friend in Warriner HalL
According to Olaf Yv*. Steg. dean of the School
of Graduate Studies, "If a man in graduate school
receives his induction notice daring a school session, we wiE do everything in our power to acquire
a delay of induction so the student may finish his
semester's work."
A request for delay will not be made, however,
unless it is requested by the student, Steg emphasized.
Steg also explained that his office could do
nothing about a student's reclassification.
"Our primary concern is to allow graduate students to complete work in progress at the time
they receive their draft notice," he said. "In most
cases, this would entail an induction delay of about
two months or less."
Prior to adoption of the new policy, graduate
students made their own requests for induction
delays.
The University had previously adopted a policy
extending the length of time in which a drafted
graduate student must complete his degree program. Under this policy the time extension for
completion of the degree is equal to the length of
the student's active duty in the military service.