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HUGE SUCCESS
CMU Mock Rock stars attracted a capacity
crowd in Warriner Auditorium Friday, 8
Not only did the CMU wrestling team suffer a 33-6 loss to
Purdue, it encountered a major blizzard on the rgturn trip,   10 <d'
25/13
Partly   sunny   today
and   cloudy   with   a
chance     of      snow
tonight.
Details, page 2.
Michigan
MONDAY
February 26, 1990
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
President, Clarke Board disagree over role
Jakubauskas wants to limit Board's
control to rectify a 'clouded area' *
PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL
by RUTH VIOLANTE
LIFE editor 	
Adminstrators, faculty and
the Governing Board ol" the
Clarke Historical Library
sharply disagree over a proposal
to change the Library's operations. .•'••■
President Edward B.
Jakubauskas first proposed
limiting the authority of the
Clarke Governing Board, which
now oversees the "Library's $24
million collection, in November.
At its Thursday meeting, the
Board of Trustees tabled the
proposal until April — primarily
because members of the
Governing Board were notified
just two to three days before the
Trustees' meeting.
Jakubauskas said he gave
instructions to send out notification of the meeting early, but due
to heavy workloads on clerical
and secretarial staffs it took a
little longer than expected.
Whenever Trustees are faced
with protest by any group, they
like to take a little time to study
the issue more, the president
said.
He said this proposal was not
done in haste and that there has
"been  all  kind  of mediation  to   ;
work it out '. . . much discussion
over many months."
No Clarke Governing Board
members were at the meeting.
One member of the Clarke
family attended and spoke
against the proposal. She asked
Trustees to wait until they could
hear the Governors' opinions
regarding the proposal.
Jakubauskas suggested
changing the name and responsibilities of the Clarke Library's
Governing Board to Clarke
Historical Library Council —
also changing its role from a
governing body to an advisory
group.
Some Governing Board
members said they will file suit
to remove some of the Library's
donated items if Trustees pass
the proposal.
Members of the Clarke family
say the proposal violates the
original gift agreement made by
Norman Clarke Sr. in 1954.
Jakubauskas   said   the   basic
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Official says materials in Clarke may
be withdrawn if dispute not settled
by RUTH VIOLANTE
1 IFE Editor
"Dr. (Norman) Clarke Sr. was adamant
about an independent board (running
Clarke Library). He wanted (a director) in
that position that would not be answerable
to the administration," he said.
The importance of an independent
director is due to the nature of the
material in Clarke Library, Peterson said.
If a general librarian or the Dean of
Libraries controlled Clarke, that person
may not be well-versed in archival materials, manuscripts and rare books, he said.
Peterson said past CMU presidents
have served as chairs of the Clarke Board,
but Jakubauskas has "distanced himself
from it and refuses to participate."
Although the gift agreement was made
in 1954 and the bylaws of the Clarke Board
were created in 1958, the two are not
separable as the University contends,
Peterson said.
"There were constant negotiations that
culminated in the adoption of the charter
in 1958 between Dr. Clarke and the state
Board of Education." Peterson said. "The
University has chosen to ignore this fact
which is part in parcel of this gift."
In 1958 the bylaws were approved by the
state   Board   of Education  —  there  was
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Alternative user fee
suggested; Board
approves $90 plan
Every member of the Clarke Historical
Library Governing Board is "completely
antagonized" by a proposal to change the
Board's name and role, one member said.
At Thursday's Board of Trustees
meeting President Edward B. Jakubauskas announced a proposal to change the
Clarke Board's name to council and to
limit its authority to advisory capacity.
Jakubauskas said CMU has always
considered the Board an advisory body,
although Clarke Board members disagree.
The Board of Trustees tabled the
proposal until its next meeting. If the
proposal passes, however, one Clarke
Board member. Judge William Peterson
said it will further upset Clarke board
members and "may well end up in
litigation."
Peterson has served on the Clarke
Governing Board for 16 years and is a
circuit court judge for Wexford and
Missaukee counties.
Although University attorney Eileen
Jennings said the president's proposal
would not breach . th.<* gift .agteement,
which established >the Clarke Historical
Library in 1954, Peterson said it would.
MINOR REPAIRS
LIFE Photo/Chris Birks
Marty Tucker (left) and Jim Pepin, both Harrison residents, repair a broken
Friday afternoon.
light   in   the   parking   lot   of   the   Stadium   Mall
by RUTH VIOLANTE
I Ir-t-  tditor
and BRIAN D. BELL
L II-fc  Sl.ift Writer	
Although the Board of
Trustees canceled its open forum
Friday afternoon, students upset
over the mandatory $90 user fee
still were given an opportunity to
voice their concerns.
The $90 mandatory user fee
for off-campus, full-time
students will go toward operational costs of the Physical
Education and Recreation Phase
II Building.
Despite objections and one
dissenting vote, however,
Trustees approved the fees.
Trustee Mitchell Kehetian was
the only Board member to vote
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against the proposal.
Kehetian   offered   an   alterna-
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New Trustee gets first-hand
experience with complaints
Belck in running for positions at two universities
by YVONNE C. CLAES
LIFE Assistant News^Editor
Keeping the doorway of opportunity open is not new to one CMU
dean. ':   ■.'-..- ..■■•■■"      <-  " v- ■« . -■ '.'^-'^ '-'    ■:-'•■.
Once the University's interim provost, Nancy Belck, dean of the
College of Education, Health and Human Services, is up for two
administrative posts at two institutions.
;-' Belck is a final provost candidate at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio as well as a final candidate for the presidency at Clarion
University, Clarion, Perm. ;-   ?:  -■ :hy■■■.<■.: VM' •?■
^  Belck, who came to CMU in 1987 to serve as a dean, was named
? interim provost by President Edward B. Jakubauskas. She replaced
Acting Provost Janice Reynolds who accepted a position at the
University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
She said her year as CMU's chief academic officer generated interest
among outside university officials in considering her for other posts.
Belck added she was contacted for both positions via phone calls and
letters.- ■-■'■-...■;■   /■■>■'
The pool of provost candidates was narrowed from more than 250 to
four, of which Belck is a finalist. "■ '
She said she was contacted in November about the provost position
and later interviewed at Cincinnati Airport after the candidate pool
was narrowed to eight people. .   -;     'r      •
See BELCK Page 12
The first day on the job is
usually just a matter of getting
to know everyone and becoming
familiar with how things
operate.
For the newest Board of
Trustee member, it was a lesson
in how CMU students reacted to
a $90 user fee
for   '.'■'■;' the
Physical
Education and
Recreation
Phase II
Building.
"It was difficult to step in,"
said Ronald
Brown, adding BROWN « "
he thinks students will show
"continued resistance" to the
user fee.
He said he already discussed
the mandatory fee*iivith several
students to hear their side of the
story. At the time students were
asked to vote on the rec facility,
Brown said they probably were
not aware of what the user fee
would amount to in terms of cost.
He also said he wished the
students would have offered
some alternatives to financing
the building's operational costs.
Brown, president of the United
Food and Commercial Workers
I^ocal 876, was appointed to the
Board by Gov. James J.
Blanchard, Dec. 31, 1989.
He replaces Bernard J.
Firestone, who was fatally shot
Sept. 6 in his Detroit office.
Brown, like Firestone, has
served as vice president of the
metro Detroit AFL-CIO.
Brown also is vice president.of
the United Way of Michigan, a
member of the board of directors
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