1963-11-15; Central Michigan Life

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Jgg^^ UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1963
NUMBER 9
Ragland Assumes Sweeney Post;
Senate Decides on ^Supplement'
Gene Ragland, sophomore
class, was appointed president
pro tern of Senate bv James
Bedore, student body president, and approved by Senate
at Monday's meeting.
Ragland will serve for a
term of eight weeks when
Joseph Sweeney, Mount Pleasant junior, will return from
his leave of absence. A proxy
will be appointed to serve as
sophomore class senator in
Ragland's place.
Hans Wagner, Mount Pleasant
senior, to charge five cents for
his weekly publication entitled
The Supplement.
PROGRESS ON THE new Science Building is reportedly
bn schedule. Workmen expect to have ihe building enclosed
before Winter so they can continue construction.
lew, Former Students Must Pay $45
leposit for Spring Semester by Jan. 6
Students registered on cam-
)us during the fall semester
vill not be required to pay an
mrollment certification de-
losit of S45 for the spring se-
nester. ■  .
Enrollment materials will be
irepared for each student who
s currently registered on Cam-
)us, except those whose ma-
riculations aie cancelled at
[he end of the fall semester.
Those admitted as new
students, both .undergraduate and graduate, and all
former students who are not
currently registered on campus, must make the enrollment certification deposit if
they plan io return for the
spring semester.
Seniors currently enrolled
'ho graduate in January and
ire admitted to Central's Grad-
iate School for the spring se-
nester will not make the de-
)osit.
The deadline date for filing
the deposit is January 6, 1964.
A student who  has
: ously attended Central, but is,
1 not, now registered for on campus courses must make the enrollment certification deposit
as a re-entering student, and
should request the Enrollment
Certification Deposit form
from the Registrar's office.
All students who plan to enroll lor the fall semester, 1964,
■ must' file -the enrollment certification deposit form with a
$45 deposit prior to the deadline of Julv 15, 1964.
Damage To Float
Done By Juveniles
Mount Pleasant * police disclosed Wednesday that juveniles were responsible for the
burning of the Alpha Sigma
Alpha—Lambda Nu float last
week.
The float was being constructed in a metal barn two
miles off Mission toward Midland.
Members of the fraternity
and sorority discovered ihe
damage Thursday when they
returned io finish the decorations. They found a loaf of
bread and some matches ai
ihe end of the charred structure.
The trailer bed and inner
frame of the float were not
burned, but the outer decorations had to be replaced. Walls
and roof of the barn were
scorched.
Many Greeks and friends
combined efforts to rebuild the
float in time for the' Saturday
parade.
The subscription price is- to
serve the sole purpose of covering publication costs and any
surplus is to be donated to the
Korean Orphanage.
Milton C. Pike, dean of
students, pointed out ihai
Wagner should lake his project io ihe Board in Control
of Student Publications since -
he could be responsible io
ihe board prior- iq publica.-
tiori.
Senate aproved the five-cent'
charge with the provision that
it be referred to the publications board.
Grove Sandrock, Barnes,
then introduced a resolution"
asking the Board in Control of
Student Publications to enact
a definite policy on Senate
newsletters.
"Do siudenis have a right
as American citizens io print
iheir views?" asked Sandrock, "I request clarification
on whether I can print a
newsletter or if a censor will
•be standing over me."
Bedore said that the publications board has never taken
a position on Senate publications, and that he did not be-
Jieve senators could be prevented from printing newsletters.
Dean Pike explained that,
as he SaW it, a senator could
publish a weekly newsletter
without It being considered <a
publication. "A right exists for
an organization to print for
the consumption of its members since they are not printing for the whole campus," he
said.
After further discussion
ihe motion was carried, and
Senate will advise the publications board to enact a definite policy on Senate newsletters.
The board decided Wednesday that it has no jurisdiction
oyer individual student publications.)
Glenn Bills, Thorpe, gave
the report of Senate's special
committee considering t h e
hitching posts. The committee
suggested posts be placed at
parking lots 11 and 12 an*
near the chapel. Senate authorized Bills to submit petitions to Carlton Meforfc, Physi-
cal Education Department,
who serves on the Health and
Safety Committee. -
Lambda   Nu   was   recognized by Senaie after a re- ,
port was given on ihe constitution  by  James   Hassel-''
back,  chairman  of  student.
affairs and welfare.
Robert Kircheis, budget and
finance, reported that his committee voted  against  sending
delegates   to   Governor  Rom-
ney's Blue Ribbon Conference.
Ragland reported that the
Educational Awareness Committee had favored sending
delegates if delegates could b«
found who would be willing to
spend the necessary time. Rag*
land also pointed out that a report of the conference, will be
sent to Senate anyhow.
"the constitution of Ronan
Hall was submitted to Senate
but approval Was not granted.
Lacking in the two page document was mention of a Men's
Union representative, when
senators should be. elected,. duties of dorm officers and a set
of by-laws. -
Sigma Sigma Sigma was
given permission to make and
sell objects for Christmas to
raise $50 for the Robbie Page
Memorial Fund. The sale will
be on December 7 in the
downstairs lobby of the University Center.
previ-
w
W Decides
ainst Control
The Board in Control of Stu-
£?-* Publications decided
iwednesday that it has no jur-
ffaiction over individual stu-
ipnt publications.
E.'w Board met to consider
jF»at action, if any, it should
a*e regarding The Supple-
h. tn*; an individually published journal.
The Board's  ruling  indited that it would concern
"self with only the official
«udent   publications.   Life,
lempo and Chippewa;
Jhe  Board   also   appointed
Jja   Needels,    Birmingham
LfeV8 acting manager of
ta+aj   , e ^ove w&s necessi-
-_h«ndue  t0   the   mness   of
^Carroll, Life.
Recent Survey Shows Parking Inadequate For Commuters
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Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles
dealing with the parking
situation.
By Maxine Swift
. Life Special Writer
Because of confusion, complaints and unhappiness over
the parking situation here, a
survey has been made of allotment, use and policing of
parking areas.
This survey was taken over
a three-week period during
regular campus school hours.
Each lot was checked nine
times for spaces filled and violations. Campus parking
meters were observed the
; same number of times.
This survey revealed the following facts about the parking
situation:
^ Commuter students are re-
' stricted, according to -the parking''map, to two lots, one between Mission Street and Preston Court and one near Rowe
Hall. These lots total about
360 parking spaces, although
campus security Headquarters
reports that 735 decals have
, been issued to commuter stu--
dents.
Commuter lots are most
distant from the cenier of
campus. The one by Rowe
Hall is constantly filled. The
Mission Street lot is even
farther away. Spaces at its
farthermost    point    usually
stands empty.
This ds fortunate because the
ROTC drills here every Friday* at which time it is impossible to park- in at all.
It should be made clear that
these two lots are not reserved for commuter alone,
(with time out for drill) but
faculty, staff and visitors are
privileged to park there also.
A strip  of street near the
-fieldhouse is marked for commuters on the map, but has
been curbed and posted with
"no parking" signs.
On-campus students who
drive cars number 685, according to ampus Security. They
park in seven areas placed
near their housing, no];, open
to visitors, and larger in total
space than commuter ^parking
area.
Neither on- nor off-campus students are allowed to
park in lots near Finch,
Warriner, Rowe, Wightman,
Grawn and Central Halls,
University Press, Field
Services Building or University Center, as these lots are
for faculty, staff and visitors.
These lots averaged at least
120 empty parking spaces at
each check.
The lot beside the Finch
Building has about 100 spaces,
and as many as 79 empty
spaces were counted between
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The least
number of available parking
spaces ever counted there was
65. Fewest parking spaces
available by Grawn Hall was
16 and the average was about"
25.
A lot reserved for visitors
by the University Center averaged 45 empty spaces out of a
total of 59. No more than 75
visitor cars (without decals)
were counted in all lots combined on campus at any one
time.
When asked why commuter
students must park in the most
distant lots when space is
available closer in, Henry
Mitchell, who serves on the
subcommittee to • administer
parking, for the Health" and
Safety .Committee, replied that
"the faculty objected last year
to commuter students parking
on central lots." He also said
walking time from the commuter lots was no more, than
five to 10 minutes.
Where do commuters who
do not have iime io park in
these lots go?" An average of
25-35 commuter cars are
parked on campus-owned
meters during, the school
day. Lots by Calkins Hall
and Tate Food Commons are,
designated on the map for
resident siudenis, but many
commuter cars are parked in
these areas.
Violator vehicles were found
everyplace. One or two faculty
cars usually are parked in the
^visitor lot by the University.
Center. Mitchell says this is
the only lot closed to faculty,
and staff.
Mitchell declared that lots,
are checked at least once daily
for violations. He said that"
during the last fiscal year
2,476 tickets were issued, with
727 for wrong parking, 623 for
overparking and 289 for failure to register vehicles.
He was unable to account
for 837 tickets and could not
tell how many fines had been
paid and how many dismissed.
When asked how he could
be sure the lot boundaries are
working out satisfactorily he
said the subcommittee members check them "physically."
He said he did not know who
the other committee members
for the current year are because "the v committee hasn't
met yet." '        ;
It was noted in the survey
that some lots are marked
storage, and that the lot by
Tate Food Commons bears
several signs which are not
•relevant to information on the
parking map.. Mitchell explained this by saying that the
map is accurate and that some
signs are wrong or confusing
but that "nobody has had time
to take them down yet."
Next week —- A summary of
the findings*
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