1963-04-05; Central Michigan Life

              Student Body
Jim Bedore
WORKING AT top speed to complete vote tabuaiions are Dave Hieftje, elections director (left), Lois Lake and Larry Lee.
Joe Sweeney
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VOLUME 44
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1963
NUMBER 23
Board Approves Flexible Policies
For LIFE; Advertising Rates Raised
- ,More   loosely " knit   policies ials. It reads, "Editorials are the ing the policies governing" the
.vinere. approved for LIFE  last opinion of the editor and staff newspaper."     J -
week at a meeting of the Board  of LIFE and not necessarily the Also eliminated from the pre-
m Control of Student Publica:  opinion of the faculty adviser or jvious  policies  is   an  overview
tions.           "       •                         -the  Central   Michigan  Univer- which   included  statements   on
•    "The policies allow-for much sity  administration, faculty  or ownership   of   the   newspaper,
•, greater flexibility on the part student foody,"                       "   • legal responsibilities and func-
of the editor, the adviser  and.    Tobacco   advertising   is   per- tion both oh and off the campus.
.the board,"  said Paul Rawley, initted under the new  regula- In other business, the board
chairman.'                   "" ~                 tions,. and a ban on political ad- approved an increase-in adver-
Specifid operating procedures, vertising,. except for campus of- tising rates for LIFE foegihmng.
, under   ;the    new    regulations, fices,   was   added.   A   ban   on in September. Local' advertising
"will,be agreed upon by the ad- liquor and proprietary drug ad- will foe increased to $1.10 per
- viser and the editorial board."  vertising remains.
(The  editorial  board  presently      The duties of the faculty ad-
consists .of the managing editor,  viser' are stated as follows;
the copy editor and the news        "The adviser shall act as a
editor.). professional counselor, ieach-
• er and critic to all staff members. . . He will not act as a"1
censor, but when good taste,
ihe laws of libel or the objectives of LIFE are being violated, he will point out such
errors."
In the section Chain, of Re-
The previous policies on news sponsibility, Which .follows, the
coverage-included divisions on adviser is not mentioned. It
accuracy, decency, defamation reads," "The LIFE staff is di-
df* character,, chain of responsi-. rectly responsible to the editor\
"bility and interpretation of the .editor is responsible to the
policy.       ,- Board   in   Control   of   Student
v A designation of opinion "was Pufolicatidns with   which  rests
added to the" section on editor- final responsibility  for  enforc-^js the editor of the 1964 Chip
• :—— ~^pewa.
Her    appointment    was    approved last week by the Board
The section on news coyer-
age wes reduced from eighi
divisions. io only one, which
. states "LIFE will cover all
news;of the university in as
thorough;  unbiased   and  bal-
. artced a manner as is possi-
. ble.'
column inch and national xo
$L26 per column inch. Classified rates will be $1.15 per column inch for display and §.05
per, word with a $1 minimum
for lineage.
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Maltby to Be
Chief Editor
Of Chippewa
Laura Maltby, Bellaire junior,
YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT but this is how to start a new
science .building* The site clearing for GMU's new science
building got underway Wednesday morning with ihe razing
of an old house. Excavation preliminary to actual construction
has been set for about April 15, said Dr, Bovee. vice president
of business and finance* •
in Control of Student Pufolica
tions. The board also approved
Rofoert • Cook,   Bellaire   sophomore, . as  business manager  of
the next yearbook.
„Miss Maltby was feature editor of the 1963 Chippewa and
organization editor the year be-
iore, I She. is a history". major
with "an English minor on the
liberal arts curriculum.
' The new editor is a member
of; Alpha Phi Gamma, national
honorary journalism fraternity.
Cook is a .geography major
with an accounting minor on
secondary education.
In other business, the -board
approved Ronn Minard, Saginaw senior,.as sports editor of
LIFE; .Minard,. a member- of
Theta Chi, is majoring in journalism on a liberal'arts curriculum.
The board also adopted the
name of Board in Control of
Student Publications and named
a subcommittee to draw up a
set of policies and procedures
for the group.   .    •
Student-Body Slate
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Bedore Gains 55 Per Cent
Of Almost 2200 Votes Cast
, By Irene Beyst
Managing Editor.
The Voice Ticket made a clean sweep of. student body
offices Wednesday.
„ Elected president was Jim Bedore, who carried 55 per
cent of the almost 2,200 ballots cast for the campus-wide offices. Joe Sweeney was elected, vice-president; Leah Saunders, secretary, and Robert Burkett, treasurer.
Bedpre carried-yates from 12 of the l£ polling areas. His
opponent, Jim .Hasselback.of the Action ticket, polled all but
16 per cent of the votes in his'-dorm, Barries. Bedore lost the
University CentejeJoy one vote, and Sweeney Hall went to
Hasselback with a Iburper cent margin.
No  candidate filled  the  top - ~Z~~
spot on the. Independent ticket ception of -senator, were filled
after Leo. DiGiulio withdrew foy members of the Sophomore
Saturday from the race. The Class ticket—Ronald Healy,
oiher members of the ticket re- vice-president; Michele Btfahv
mained,' but-neither the Inde- dow, secretary, and Mary Beflf1
pendents not the Actions could Miller, treasurer. ». -  „
stop their opponents in the race• Gene Ragland, who won ihe
for.vice-president,-secretary and senator post;-Was not affiliated
treasurer. ' with a ticket. Neither' were his
-Sweeney was successful in his two opponents, Marsha LaFave^
bid against Robert Gaunt, Inde- and. David Widman.     •      •-
pendent, and  Grove . Sandrock, ^*"
Action. .He carried 49 per cent
of the ballots, while the other
two    candidates    split . nearly
evenly—Gaunt- with .23.6   and
Sandrock with 27.1. Five polling
areas voted Sweeney a plurality—University Center, Calkins,
Merrill, IJarnard and Sloan.
Miss Saunders received 41 per
cent of the "ballots; while Sue
Bov.ee,  Independent,  polled -31'
per cent and Sharon Kerridge,
Action*, 28 per cent.
In the race for treasurer,
Burkett received 41 per cent;
Robert Anderson, Aetion,, 32 per
cent; and William Acton, Independent, 2% per cent;
New senior class officers are
Roy Koenigsknecht, president;
Walter Rakecky, vice-president;
Judy Bollman, secretary; Mari-
lie Dani, treasurer, all Independents, and Matthew Teng Tay-
chachaiyawongse, senator, Senior Class ticket.
The Junior Class voting
showed 'a split in tickets also;
T, J. Marietta, Response, was
named president; Jake Roberts,
Experience, vice-president; Ann
Averill, Experience, secretary;
Charlotte Sponseller, Response,
treasurer, and Paul Rawley, Experience, senator.
Tom Chamberlain, who was
elected president of the Sophomore class", was the only successful candidate on the Sophomore Students' Rights, ticket.
The other.posts, with the ex-
SSAC to Honor
Seniors At Party
An all-university party honoring seniors will be held to*
morrow night in the' fieldhouse,
and gymnasium sponsored by
SSAC. •     .
COUNT BASIE and Ms orchestra will entertain April 28
for the 1963 Greek Week
dance and 5am session. The
week oi Panhellenic-Interfra^
terhity Council festivities wiU
begin April 21. (See related
story on Page Eight)
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