1965-10-29; Central Michigan Life

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THE PIED PIPER (Gerald Hennessey) makes his first appearance before the people of
Hamlin. Surprised by him are the mayor (Gerry Yates) and his wife (Landa Cope). The
children's play was presented last Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
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VOLUME 46
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1965
NUMBER 6
Undent Judiciary Requests
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' Student Judiciary Monday
night, by special courier, sent
a Writ of Mandamus to Student Senate ordering them to
determine the definition, application, confines of punishment and effects of social probation as it applies to CMU.
The constitution of CMU, as
ratified on May 27, 1964, clearly authorizes such action in
Article III Section 8 where it
states:
"Student Court may enforce
their decisions by injunctions,
mandamus, certiorari, quo
warranto and such other
means as the courts may provide."
•Paul Parets, Student Court
Chief Justice, pointed out that
m Article III, Section 2 of the
constitution the court is given
he power to, "Compile the
Jaws, rules and regulations
Pertaining to students and the
schedule of penalties which
apply to infractions thereof."
Parets stated that, "To this
jay nothing has been done on
wis matter. We want to know
wny this is the case. We want
IrT why the wil1 of the
tudent  body   has   not   been
carried out in this matter."
A Writ of Mandamus, as de-
remr 1S, that "which shall be
poSIof any body so *m-
3K and inclined to seek
er C l? action from anoth-
«n.»alling Within its ^r"
chaSnt-ienate   ha*   been
jarged Wlth the reSp0nsibflity
■   determine by what ever
?Sv^iatitB disP°sal and
C'aTV0 use> to deter-
definition nf f^ly  acceptable
ProbaS- f the term <social
Cfc and to further d«-
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charged by the Court as responsible for the carrying out
of its Writ.
Johnson stated that definite
plans for answering the Writ
will be announced at Monday's
senate meeting.
According to both Parets and
Johnson, this is the first time
in the history of both the court
and the senate that a Writ has
ever been handed down. It is
also the first time student government has ever been allowed to investigate the rules and
regulations of Central's disci
plinary actions.
In other action Student
Court passed a unanimous resolution to continue notifying
the press immediately of its
decisions.
In last week's court session
five cases were heard and the
following r e c o m m endations
sent to the dean of students.
Two of the students were to
have a letter of warning made
a part of their permanent records while the remaining
three were recommended for
social probation.
Senate Investigation
ntinut
%• thV areas of applicabi-
schedul! *fct c°nfines of its
-'■      e,of .Penalties; and its
exact confines of its
tealand/n -penalties' and its
°n theT'1^^ effects UP-
*elf* egoS ^i^ and
John tv  student body"
fleer of Snf n> Presiding of-
1 Student Senate, was
The Senate Investigation
Committee hearings will resume Nov. 2, and will be the
first of five scheduled sessions
this fall..
Heading the committee is
Senator Edward J. Robinson,
(D, Dearborn). The first meeting will be in University Center 9 a.m.
Accompanying Robinson
will be Senators Jan Vander
Ploeg, (D., Muskegon) Guy
Vander Jagt, (R., Cadillac)
Roger Craig, (O., Dearborn)
and S. Don Potter, (R., Lansing).
Last spring's sessions held
in May and June heard Dr.
Harry Dillingham, formerly of
the sociology department, Dr.
George Blackburn, history,
Louis Rhodes, former director
of educational television services, Dr. Rolland Maybe, history, and Dr. George Lauer,
registrar, testify before the
committee held in the Isabella County Courthouse.
Commenting to the Mt.
Pleasant Daily Times News on
the Board of Trustees recent
decision, Robinson   said,   "At
the time of Umphrey's and
Rahilly's (James Umphrey and
Lawrence Rahilly, board
members) confirmation in the
Senate, they assured me that
faculty members would have
full recourse to them.
Robinson   Continues
'T haven't talked to them
about whether this (refusal to
head them out) is an opposite
position to what they said to
the committee, but I will contact Umphrey today or tomorrow to find out.
"The testimony to come in
the last three or four hearings
will come closer to grips with
the problem," he added.
Robinson said that he hoped
students would not stage a
demonstration. Explaining his
reasons against a student demonstration, he said, "and here
the Student Senate, which is
the official representation of
the student body, has focused
attention on the problem in a
proper manner."
Persons testifying before
the committee this fall have
not yet been disclosed.
by Heil Hopp
Life Hews Editor
As a result of Student Senate action Monday, Student
Body President Gene Ragland expects to present the State
Senate Investigating Committee with an open letter sup-
ported by the signatures of 4,500 CMU students.
According to Ragland and
Vice-President John Johnson,
signatures on petitions concurring with Senate action reached 2,000 by Wednesday noon.
They expect that the projected
figure will be reached by
Tuesday when the investigating committee reconvenes
here.
The open letter and two other resolutions (see boxed summaries) were passed unanimously at Senate's Monday
night meeting.
Senate's action was taken as
a stand on the refusal of the
Board of Trustees to hear five
faculty members on the question of tenure and salary
raises and the investigation of
the administration as a whole.
Ragland Gives Reason
According to Ragland, action
was taken because "Senate
must establish themselves as
a spokesman for the student
body."
He added that "it would be
detrimental to our cause to
demonstrate. We want to exhaust all legal avenues available."
Before the Senate took its
stand, Ragland addressed the
body. He pointed out that
Board of Trustees action became the crisis in a series of
events dating back to the resignation of Dr. Victor Coun-
ant as head of the foreign
language department.
"We must spurn the investigating committee to use all
the instruments at their command. We do have a problem.
There is something wrong
here."
"I would not recommend my
child to come here because I
feel he would be cheated in
his   education.
"Each of you as a senator,"
Ragland said, "has an obligation to thorough examination
and critical evaluation from
which must come a positive
tenacious  -student   opinion."
"We must do what we are
convinced with all our being,
is right," he continued, "and
we must do it with all the resolve and vehemence that we
can command."
Little Opposition
Although all the legislation
was passed unanimously there
was one instance when proposed action was questioned.
It concerned the word "condemns" in the statement in the
open letter . . . "that the student body severly censures
and condemns the Board of
Trustees . . ."
It was contested that the
word 'condemns' was too
strong and needed to be
changed. However, this challenge quickly died for lack of
a record after Senator Brian
Veenhuis stated that "the word
'condemns' is not vehement
enough."
By Walt MacPeek
Life Managing Editor
"No comment," is not the
only statement CMU President
Judson W. Foust is making
these days, but it is an often
heard answer on Central's
campus.
CMU has received considerable state-wide news coverage
and some national mention as
a result of the events of the
past two weeks and specifically
because of the Student Senate's resolutions passed Monday.
President Foust has indicated to various newspapers
around the state that he will
not discuss individual faculty
cases with any newspaper at
this time.
The President explained to
Life, "Some of these problems
involve combined decisions,
confidential information and
personal items. The total contribution of an instructor is
considered and I'm not the only one who takes part in these
considerations."
Combined Decisions
President Foust specifically
illustrates that a department
chairman, the dean of the
school, the Vice President of
A.c a d e m i c Affairs and the
President all are involved in
salary tenure recommendations brought before the Board
of Trustees.
President Foust also com-
comented briefly to Life concerning the Student Senate resolutions. "As far as I know,
there was no previous discussion with any administrative
officials concerning these resolutions," he said.
President Foust had no more
comments, but did have a
number of questions about the
resolutions. "Why weren't they
on the Student Senate agenda?
Why weren't the advisors consulted? added the President.
Dr. C. Milton Pike, Dean of
Students, is one of the advisors
to the Student Senate. He expressed surprise and questioned at the Senate meeting Monday whether more questions
should be asked, but had no
specific comments for Life.
Mo Comment
The President would not
comment on why the Board
refused to hear three faculty
members last week. "I am only one member of the Board,
and therefore, can not speak
for the Board. I don't make
these decisions. The Board is
in charge of this University,"
added Dr. Foust.
President Foust contined, "I
don't know as they (the three
faculty members) should have
gone anyplace to appeal. At
General Motors if you don't
get a raise; who do you go to?
I understand that some object
to any analogy between Central and a business, but an employer - employee relationship
still must exist," said President
Foust.
(ConMnued on Page 8)
A resolution passed in
Student Senate last week
concerning investigation of
overcrowded dormit ory
conditions was rescinded at
Monday's Senate meeting.
The measure, now null
and void, was asked to be
rescinded by sponsor Paul
Huxley, Barnard Senator.
Huxley commented that
"not much insight and time
was given" in drawing up
the proposal.
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