1968-11-22; Central Michigan Life

              CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN Friday, Nov. 22,1968
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by. MARY.JO S.TAPLES    .
Life Arts Editor
' Honors Council" members believe the present program for'honors class work .has failed
and-they are.considering reco'mmending abolishment of the program.
". Since the Honors Program was established in
fall 1961, 193 students have been admitted to the
prpgram. Of these,. -12 have graduated in" the University Honors Program.
. These factors have forced the Honors Council
to consider abolishment of the Honors Program,
to be effective next fall.   .
Failure Rests With All Participants
The Council members, said in a paper accompanying the abolishment proposal at their Wednesday afternoon meeting, that the responsibility for
failure rests with the faculty, department chairmen, students and the Honors Council.
Examples were cited when students were discouraged from taking honors work by professors
because the teachers were too busy or believed
their work with honors students would not be
reflected in their teaching loads.
On the departmental level, the Council indicated chairmen, in general, were not interested
and did not encourage an honors program.
Sludenis Don't Take Courses
Council members also believe students are not
attempting to take honors courses on a large
scale. Currently, one student is taking two courses
for honors credit. In 1965, the peak year for honors
work, 35 students attempted classes for honors
credit.
The honors program is divided into two main
areas. Independent study, conducted on a one
student-one professor basis, can be taken for honors credit by honors students.
To be admitted to this program; an applicant
must have a grade point of 3.5 as a second-semester
freshman or 3.25 as a sophomore or- junior.
Must Complete 18 Hours
A student mu*st complete 18 hours of work for
honors credit to graduate with "In the University
Honors Program" on his diploma.    "
The Honors Colloquia, the second part of the
program, is a discussion class bringing in guest
speakers from the University community and outside sources. The class meets once a week for one
hour of credit. Twenty-eight of the 60 honors
scholars are enrolled in this class.
The eight-member council composed of Cecil B.
Read, professor of mathematics; Alban Wasson
Coen, coordinator of academic schedules; William
Bulger, professor of history; Elizabeth Etnire, professor of foreign language; Wilbur Harris, professor of education; Leon McDermott, professor of
physics; Mrs. Joyce Pillote, instructor in philosophy, and Keith Rodewald, professor of psychology, will decide what action to take on the proposal at their next meeting Dec. 10.
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(Photo by Horcm)
TEN FINALISTS for the Intercollegiate Sno-Queen contest will compete for the crown Sunday night,
at 7. The girls are (front, left to right) Linda Smith, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Linda Hughes, Chippewa
Booster Club; Gretchen Eberhardt, Beddow; Linda Heydenberg, Lambda Chi Alpha; and Linda
Stankwitz, Omega Chi. (Back, left to right) Linda Stewart, Alpha Sigma Tau; Diane Trachsel, Zeta
Tau Alpha; Terry Vogel, Merrill and Sweeney; Faye Swartzbaugh, Delta Zeta and Gail Misekow,
Larzelere.
Sno-Queen Crowned Sunday
Ten
by CHRIS RAIZK
Life Staff Writer
Central's 1968 Intercollegiate Sno-Queen
will be chosen from 10 finalists Sunday at 7
p.m. in Warriner Auditorium.
Judging is based upon 40 per cent talent, with
poise, beauty and the response to.a question each
counting 20 per cent. Four faculty members will
be judges.
Ten Coeds Chosen
The ten coeds were chosen from 28 contestants
last Tuesday in a private elimination. They are:
Gretchen Eberhardt, Benton Harbor sophomore. Miss Eberhardt is an art major and displayed a primitive African dance as her talent.
She is sponsored by Beddow Hall.
Booster Club candidate, Linda Hughes, West
Branch junior, is a sociology major and modeled
clothes she had designed and sewn for her talent.
Music Major Gives Reading
A dramatic reading and song was performed
by Mt. Pleasant sophomore, Linda Heydenburg.
She is a music major sponsored by Lambda Chi
Alpha fraternity.
Gail ■ Misekow,   Grand  Blanc  freshman,   and
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Vie for Title
sponsored by Larzelere Hall, is a music major
and sang a medley in the competition.
. .?Flint.sophomore, Linda Smith, performed an
interpretive dance as her talent.  She is an art
major sgon'sored by Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Candidate of Omega Chi sorority, Linda Stankwitz, played a piano selection by Chopin. She is
a freshman from Mt. Pleasant with a sociology
major.
Troy sophomore, Linda Stewart, performed an
interpretive skit in the contest. She is a social
science major and candidate of Alpha Sigma Tau
sorority.
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by W.CK THILL   •
Life Staff Writer
Despite the vocal objections of Dave Wolds,
student body president, Student Senate passed
a resolution Monday night to support WCMU-
™ in its efforts to be removed from the jurisdiction of the department of speech and drastic arts.
Student Senate further urged in their resolution that the radio station be put under a board
W control of student communications.
Should Mot Control ., " .
Wolds said there are certain areas the students
™Lnot' and should not have control of, and
WCMU-FM is one of them.
. ,**e did not say the speech department was
"totally right in the manner it relinquished the
Power of those,who formerly controlled the sta-
*u ^nd its Policies. They should have been consulted in the change in WCMU-FM's format before
"occurred, according to Wolds.
' Both Sides Presented
Two members of the WCMU-FM. staff, Ken
Rundel, the station's student manager, and John
Herzler, disc jockey, presented both sides of the
argument before the Senate.
Herzler, a Midland junior, said the station
should be left under the powers of the speech department because, if it were removed, many ribn-
active students would not have the facilities of
the radio station -available to them for learning
broadcasting methods.
University Owned
Rundel said he felt the "university as a whole
owns the transmitter and broadcasting license,
therefore the station should be removed from
the auspices of the speech department." According to Rundel, the "board of control" would do a
better and more objective job of controlling the
station.
He also said cutting down the broadcasting
hours so as to give the non-professionals a chance
to broadcast is against the regulations of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Chances Look Dim
by ELLEEf EAVES
Life Student Affairs Editor
(ED. NOTE: This is a news analysis intended
• to bring out subjective comment from the opinions
of one of Life's staff editors.)
A recommendation to place WCMU-FM
under the policies of the Board* in Control of
Student Publications and away from the control Of the department of speech and dramatics
was passed by Student Senate Monday night.
Barely receiving a majority of the Senators
vote, the resolution now will be confronted by
harder obstacles to overcome. The resolution now
must be signed by Student Body President Dave
Wolds before proceeding to University Senate
for approval.
Wolds has ten days to sign the resolution^
Monday he plans to bring before Student Senate
the resolution and facts he felt that Senate did
not consider or were not aware of.
In voicing his disapproval of the resolution,
Wolds said, "No legitimate claim for asking the
speech department to relinquish control has been
shown. This (asking for the change) is not a student right, and we cannot demand things we do
not deserve."
Wolds continued to say, "It should be an educational radio station with a dual purpose of training the disc jockeys and providing a quality of
educational material."
Unless Senate changes Wold's opinions drastic
cally, the bill will go unsigned.
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