1994-02-21; Central Michigan Life

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The Brady Bunch gets 'Real Live'
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Men's, women's hoops both win
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Central
Michigan
Presidential
search policy
resurfaces
By Karen Joseph
LIFE Editor
CMU's Board of Trustees redrafted and discussed the abandoned
presidential search policy at Friday's meeting.
The new draft, which is on schedule for the July 21 completion
date, calls for an 11 -member University Screening Committee, which
would consist of the following:
■ four trustees elected by the Board, one of whom will chair the
committee, as designated by the Board chair.
■ chair of Academic Senate;
■ chair-elect of A-Senate;
■ immediate past-chair of A-Senate;
■ Student Government Association president — or vice president
if the president will be leaving campus before the search concludes;
■ CMU Alumni Association president;
■ two   individuals,   selected   by  the  Board,   whose   membership
would balance the committee.
Like the former policy, the current draft requires that before
beginning a search, the Board chair notify the chair of A-Senate, the
Alumni Association president and the SGA president. After all
See DRAFT Page 7
Board OKs tuition
hike for College of
By Karen Joseph
LIFE Editor
The Board of Trustees unanimously authorized the president
to approve a tuition increase for
the College of Extended Learning
Friday.
The Board stipulated that the
increase remain within approved
parameters. For extended degree
programs, the increase must fall
between 3 and 7 percent per credit hour for both graduate and
undergraduate courses. The current per-credit rate for graduate
courses is $181; for undergraduate, $133.
For extended credit courses,
the increase will be a minimum of
4 percent and a maximum of 9.
The current per-credit rate for
graduate courses is $126, for
undergraduate, $115.
The specific tuition increase is
expected to be calculated in
March. The resolution allows
President Leonard E. Plachta to
approve the increase, rather than
waiting for the next Board meeting, which is May 6. The deadline
for an increase is April 1, according to Gary Rayburn, manager of
business operations for Extended
Learning.
Competition was considered
when estimating the hike. "We
checked around everywhere to
make sure we weren't stepping
on any toes/* Rayburn said.
He said he will try to keep tuition as low as possible, in keeping
Flooding downs CMU mainframe
Power outage cripples
several computer systems
LIFE Photo/Thaddius B«dfo*d
A truck splashes through inches off water and ice while traveling
down East Broadway, just east of Shepherd Road.
By Marjory Raymer
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Rising water levels during the
weekend sparked a power outage
Sunday which caused $50,000 in
damages to Foust Hall and will
make the mainframe computer
unaccessable for an estimated
three days.
Early Sunday morning, water
from a flooded manhole leaked
into one of Foust's conduits. The
water seeped into the high voltage room, which handles 1,300
volts of electricity. The resulting
flash, after three hours of partial
power, completely burned out the
transformer at 5 a.m., according
tc> Jim Dening, director of Computer Services.
The old transformer will be
permanently replaced with one
that was intended for Warriner
Hall, according to Earl Morrow,
director of facilities operations.
A contractor has been working
around    the   clock   to    remove
almost one inch of standing water
within Foust which accumulated
See FLOOD Page 2
Learning
with the university mission.
"We have to be careful that we
don't price ourselves out of business. We also have to meet students* needs and make sure we
can run our business,** Rayburn
said.
Rayburn said the tuition
increase is needed because of the
costs the college encounters.
"When you're dealing with off-
campus learning, you run into a
lot of rent and other costs.**
In other Board actions:
■ The trustees unanimously
approved renaming the Centralis
Scholarship the "Martin H.
Cholakian Centralis Scholarship," after former trustee Marty
Cholakian.
The resolution memorializes
his abiding interest in the university and his dedication to the
College of Extended Learning
and to the athletic department.
The Centralis Scholarship is
given annually to 20 students of
the highest qualifications.
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Sunburn?
Derek Foulon, Saint Clair sophomore; Kelly Milton, Cadillac freshman; Scott Buck mast or, Petoskey
junior; end Mike Fleischer, Weal Bloomfield freshman soak up a few rays outside Merrill Hall Friday.
The warm spell thawing the area Friday and Saturday met an untimely and Sunday as cold weather
returned. The spring's first real warming trend is expected to arrive during the first or second week of
March.
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Central looking to change 'out
of line' insurance payback plan
By Matt Crossman
LIFE News Editor
CMU is looking at revamping its health insurance payback policy, which two consulting firms
have said is unlike anything any other employer
does.
Jerry Scoby, assistant v: e president for Business Affairs, said the university currently contributes more than the premium for some insurance
plans, and the employee receives a cash payback
for the difference. Employees choosing no coverage
also receive a cash payback.
Under the proposed plan, the university's contribution would decrease by a yet to be determined
amount. The difference between the two figures
would no longer be a cash payback, but instead
would be rolled into the employee's base salary.
As one employee group example, for an administrative professional choosing one person coverage, the university currently contributes $332.97
per month. Under the new plan, the university
hypothetically might contribute $160, for a difference of $172.97. Prom this figure, the university's
FICA and retirement, roughly 20 percent, would
be subtracted, for a net of approximately $138.
This figure would be rolled into the employee's
base salary, not to exceed the employee's maximum.
Scoby said paybacks are not currently subject to
the university's FICA and retirement, but those
factors are included in the proposed system "to
make it neutral, so it is not costing the university
moife."
Employees choosing no coverage would have
$60 per month subtracted from the current payback, and have that amount, minus FICA and
retirement, rolled into their salary, up to the maximum. The $60 would be a cash payback not subject
to the maximum rule.
The change lies in the fact that the money would
go into base salary instead of as a cash payback.
Yearly percentage increases do not compound on
the cash payback.
The payback system was developed in the late
1970s with the philosophy being to provide each
employee with a flat rate, Scoby said. As consultants pointed out, Scoby said, the university was
"allowing way too much money to go out of the
See POLICY Page 7
Accused prof pleads
not guilty to charge
By Todd Fettle
LIFE Staff Writer
Mohammad Ahmeduzzaman, assistant professor of human environmental studies, waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not
guilty Friday on charges of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Ahmeduzzaman faces one charge of fourth-degree CSC, which consists of unwanted or inappropriate touching of a sexual nature. His
final pretrial date is set for 8:30 a.m. March 22 in Isabella County
Circuit Court.
During Ahmeduzzaman's Feb. 8 preliminary examination, a
21-year-old female student testified that Ahmeduzzaman fondled her
and attempted to kiss her without consent while she was taking a test
alone in his office Nov. 8.
The student testified that Ahmeduzzaman touched her shoulders,
back and the sides of her breasts. She also testified that Ahmeduzzaman asked her questions about her sex life and offered her an "A" in
HEV 302: Human Growth and Development: Infancy in exchange for
sex.
Ahmeduzzaman, who reached an agreement with the university to
resign effective May 7, did not testify at the preliminary examination.
He has been advised by lawyers not to comment on the incident.
Ahmeduzzaman, employed by the university since 1991, specializes
in child and family studies. He currently is conducting a voluntary
research assignment outside the classroom, according to a Feb. 15
statement from CMU and Ahmeduzzaman.