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VOLUME 75, NUMBER 42
O 1992 CM LIFE:
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Report calls for protection of 'status quo'
By Eric Baerren
LIFE Copy Editor
and Christopher Richardson
I if-E   Arts & Entertainment Editoi
The first phase of program
review of departmental programs in the College of Arts and
Sciences calls for a protection of
the status quo.
A Program Review Summary
and Recommendations report
written by John Haeger,
interim dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences, was distributed to the various College
departments Wednesday.
The report s were part of the
initial steps that must be taken
should any changes in the
departments be desired, said
Richard Davenport, vice provost for Academic Affairs.
The report stressed maintaining programs at current
levels, and suggested no major
action in any departments this
year.
Haeger was unavailable for
comment Thursday.
"I had no problems with his
one-sentence recommendation
to continue all programs and to
develop the doctoral program (of
the history department V said
Charles Ebel. history department chairman.
Most of the major changes
resulting from the Dean's report
involve further consideration in
the 1993-94 academic year.
One of the largest recommendations, however, concerned the
Industrial and Engineering
Technology department.
The report recommends
"further study this year and
next with the goal of reducing
the number of programs and
focusing FTE resources."
The report went on the say
'The department should concentrate  its  energies on  a few
select areas, perhaps in interdisciplinary combinations with
other departments."
John P. Novosad, IET department chairman, said he had just
received the report and did not
have time to review it.
A proposal was recommended
lor both the Journalism and
Broadcast and Cinematic arts
departments to maintain their
current programs, but Haeger
suggested an examination of a
merger of the two departments
in the 1993-94 academic year.
"In 1993-94, the Dean's Office
recommends a study of merging
the programs of the Journalism
and Broadcast and Cinematic
Arts into a broader communications area," the report stated.
The report stated "both
equipment inventories and
programs would benefit with
quite no loss to quite separate
tracks on major and minor prog
rams.
However, John Hartman,
journalism department chairman, stressed the report is not
final.
"'Dean Haeger's review) is a
draft proposal prepared by the
dean and his three assistants of
program reviews submitted by
each department," Hartman
said.
"My reaction to the dean's
report is that the journalism
department is a valuable program on campus and it should be
continued intact.
"It's not anywhere close to a
done deal."
The next step in the process
involves a meeting set between
the dean and the various
departments throughout today.
They will discuss the recommendations made by the dean's
office and come up with final
recommendations,    Davenport
said.
He said the deans will get
together, discuss the recommendations from the various
colleges and come up with final
draft recommendations after
the meeting.
At that time, Provost Robert
Franke will be able to comment
on proposed changes, he said.
When the deans have compiled their list of recommendations, the final recommendations will be presented to the
Academic Planning Council.
The Provost decides which
recommendations will continue
with any proposed curricular
changes. The recommendations
will go before the Academic
Senate, while other, non-
curricular changes can be made
by the Provost himself.
After the Academic Senate
handles the curricular changes,
they must go before the Board of
Trustees for final approval.
Heavy
snow
blankets
area
By Shawn DeMaagd
I If-F Staff Wnter
Recovering
provost
becomes
grandfather
Provost Robert Franke is progressing as expected after his
quadruple bypass operation
Tuesday.
Richard Davenport, vice provost for Academic Affairs, said
Franke was out of recovery, but
still in the intensive care unit of
the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
He said Franke's progress is
normal for the stage.
"The hardest part is the first
two days." he said.
He believes the doctors have
removed the oxygen tubes, but
Franke is still hooked up to cardiac monitors, Davenport said.
"After his surgery he was made
aware that he had become a
grandfather," Davenport said.
"There are a lot of things happening in his life right now.
"Our overall report is he is
doing well."
Members of the CMU volleyball team, (from left) Mandy Bishop,
Almont senior. Coach Terrie Robbie and Renee Olsen, Ortonville
junior, took advantage of Thursday morning's snowfall by creating
LIFE Photo/Bonnie Morrison
"Snow Queen" the snowwoman Thursday afternoon outside the
Student Activity Center.
FIPG lessens liability for Greek groups
By Rob Patton
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The Animal House image of
a fraternity house is no longer
being tolerated and greek organizations have someone to offer
them liability coverage.
Determining a way to offer
extensive liability coverage to
the Creek community has
become simplified and structured due to the Fraternity
Insurance Purchasing Group
(FIPG).
Established in 1988 by six
fraternity executives insured
through the New Hampshire
Insurance Company, the FIPG
continues to make several
fraternities and sororities, both
nationally and locally, nearly
risk-free.
Since its establishment, the
FIPG no longer is accepted as a
insurance purchasing group,
but strictly ap a risk management association.
Honor system currently in
place for University Greeks
By Rob Patton
I If- E Slaff Writer
Parties can sometimes get out
of hand, but fraternities and sororities hope a liability plan can
keep things under control.
Fraternities and sororities can
become members of the Fraternity Insurance Purchasing
Group (FIPGf to protect them
from liabel incidents that can
occur during parties, but as the
handbook states, "A policy is only
as good as its enforcement."
Fraternities and sororities run
a major risk if FIPG policies are
not followed during social events,
said Joe Oravecz, assistant director in the Office of Student Life.
"Individual fraternities and
sororities can find themselves in
a lawsuit if they don't follow
FIPG regulations," he said.
FIPG regulations prevent any
fraternity or sorority from selling
alcohol to minors, participating
in    alcohol-related    "drinking
See POLICIES Page 2
agement at Alpha Epsilon Pi
fraternity's national office in
Indianapolis, IN.
The FIPG has grown strong
enough   to   have   their  policies
apply to nearly 60 percent of the
undergraduate social  fraternities and sororities in America.
"We have found that on a college campus, the FIPG fraterni
ties and sororities dominate,"
Cohen said.
The FIPG handbook,
obtained through the Office of
Student Life, lists the stipulations of each member's protection against liability.
Ten fraternities and sororities registered at CMU are
listed as members of the FIPG
as of Sept. 29, 1992.
These groups include: Aipha
Chi Omega, Alpha Chi Rho,
Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Chi,
Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha,
Phi Kappa Tau, Sigma Pi, Tau
Kappa Epsilon, and Zeta Tau
Alpha.
These groups are protected
from liability in subjects as
diverse as hazing, drugs, sexual
abuse, and alcohol policies and
parties. The latter groups utilize much similar policies.
See FIPG Page  2
Winter came to Mount Pleasant this week.
The remnants of strong Pacific
Ocean activity hit Michigan Wednesday and Thursday, resulting
in low temperatures and heavy
snowfall, said Bill Spencer, chief
meterologist for WWTV. Channel
9. in Cadillac.
Spencer said the weather conditions are because of a storm
which originated in the Pacific
last week. The storm struck California Saturday, he said.
He said the storm moved across
the country until it arrived in
Michigan late this week.
Isabella and Clare counties
have received around three to six
inches or snow since Wednesday
night, Spencer said.
Lt. Frank Hughes, post commander of the Mount Pleasant
post of the Michigan State Police,
-said a.s of 4 p.m. Thursday only
two weather-related accidents
were reported.
A quick response from local
road commissions — like the
Isabella and Clare county road
commissions — resulted in
reduced driving hazards.
Spencer said.
"We didn't get that much freeze
and drizzle," he said.
He said the heavy snow is over
for the area.
The amount of snow will drop,
perhaps down to one or two
inches over the next few days,
Spencer said.
He said today's temperatures
should run a high in the mid 30s
and a low in the raid 20s.
There is the possibility of
another weather system from the
Pacific hitting the area next
week, Spencer said.
"There was plenty of advance
notice," he said. "People knew
<the storm* was coming."
According to the National
Weather Service office in
Houghton Lake, today's winds
should average 5 to 15 mph. A
cloudy day with Hurries is
expected.
Saturday is predicted as cloudy
with a high in the inid 30s.
Students upset with
$2 SAC parking fee
By Michael Gibbs
I IEE  Staff Writer
CMU basketball games create an athletic atmosphere, but students
keep airing out Student Activity Center parking problems.
Students must pay $2 to park their cars in the SAC parking lot during
home basketball games on Wednesday or Saturday.
The Department of Public Safety collects the $2 fee from students
parking during the basketball game, said Lt. Ron Griffiths, DPS assistant director.
He said although tickets cause a conflict, DPS does not control the
situation.
The policy has brought much ire from students going to the SAC to
use its facilities.
"I was upset because I paid for a parking sticker, and we wanted to
park in the lot, and they wouldn't let us," said Jennifer Foy, Brighton
sophomore. "The DPS officer could tell I had workout clothes on and he
was rude to me, she said. He told me I had to park behind Kelly/Shorts
Stadium.
Foy doesn't believe it's a safe walk for anyone who is themselves, she
said.
"I don't want people thinking I'm against athletics because I support
them and go to most of their games," Foy said. "I just think paying for a
parking sticker gives a person the right to park anytime."
Dave Olsen, Muskegon junior, said he assumed he could park in the
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