1991-01-11; Central Michigan Life

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FRIDAY
January 11, 1991
CMU takes budget request to state
HIGHLIGHTS
by JENNIFER CHRiSMAN
LIFE Assistant News Editor
CMU received a 6.5 percent increase in state
funding for fiscal 1990 -'91, but now the
CMU-received-an-increase party is over as the
state recalls 1 percent of that allocation.
Yet University administrators remain optimistic
and are asking the state — amid its own $1.3
billion deficit — for a 13.5 percent appropriations
increase for next year.
The increase would bring CMU's state appropriations up to $64,688,847 for fiscal 1991 -'92.
"We believe it's a responsible request from
articulated need," said Jerry Scoby, executive
assistant to the president for Budget and
Planning. "We understand the state is going
through a difficult time."
Among   highlighting   other   budget   needs,   the
request also calls for a tentative 8 percent tuition
increase for next year.
Scoby added that while the state is short of
money, so is CMU and the University must make
its "well-documented needs" known in order to
receive available state resources.
"Our intent with that was 'here's a total
request . . . we would still need an 8 percent
increase in tuition.' " Scoby said.
"It is subject to change — up or down," Scoby
said.
President Edward B. Jakubauskas said the 8
percent figure is "just there for planning purposes.
I want to keep it as close to zero as possible."
The 13.5 percent increase includes three
highlighted items. Those items include $3.1 million
See RECALL Page 2
Computer trouble brings
long lines, short tempers
to drop and add at Finch
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LIFE Photo/Jim Fassinger
Signs protesting the military build-up in the Persian Gulf are
appearing around campus. A student dashes by this one on Anspach
Hatl which says "Peace Saddam".
by TOM KENDRA
LIFE Copy Editor
An already-hectic class adjustment week became even worse
when computer problems forced
registration officials to cancel
Wednesday's Drop/Add session.
The cancellation shortened
Drop/Add to two days instead of
three, which created out-the-
door lines Thursday and officials
expect a similar situation today,
said Associate Registrar Ron
Finch.
On Thursday, one of two
converters — strained with nine
computers hooked up to it —
overheated sporadically and
caused weary students to wait
even longer, said Tim Snellen-
berger, associate director of
Computer Services.
"People saw the machines
going down right in front of them
and they were getting upset —
which is understandable," Finch
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said.
Some students said they
waited in line up to six hours
Thursday.
By 8:30 p.m., students who
were at the end of the line had at
least two hours left to wait in
line. Finch said.
The doors closed at 7 p.m.
A mob of students waited for
the doors to open at Finch at 1
p.m. Thursday, and people
pushed   and   shoved   their   way
See ORDEAL Page 1 5
Minority student group
airs concerns to Board
by YVONNE C. CLAES
LIFE Staff Writer
One student group doesn't think its members are setting their
sights too high when it comes to advancing minority causes on
campus.
"We're not asking for the moon," said Eric Farmer, Flint senior.
"We're asking to be put on equal ground with others on campus."
Cultural Awareness Coalition members want to diversify CMU's
community and help minority students at CMU. The group presented
a list of nine recommendations to the Board of Trustees at the Board's
December meeting.
At that meeting, Mitch Kehetian, Board member and Student
Affairs Committee chair, suggested the students channel their efforts
through appropriate University officials before coming to the Board.
Coalition members are in the process of doing that and have put
restructuring the Office of Minority Affairs at the top of the Hst.
The group would like a senior officer, preferably a vice president or
dean, to lead that office.
"We need someone in that position to have more stature and power
and enough budget to put plans into action," Farmer said.
Laura Gonzales, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, heads the
See REQUESTS Page 2
King supporters
march on toward
civil rights dream
by KFHS BANRELD
L'rF  Staff V"'r.ier
The fast approaching 15th of January means far more
to some than a deadline in the Middle East.
Martin Luther King Jr. Week is planned for Jan.
14 - 19. with the celebration of his birthday Jan. 15.
Many in the CMU community have joined together to
plan events with the theme "Twenty three years and
still marching toward the dream." said Steven Clark,
assistant director of Minority   Affairs.
One week has been set aside each January for the past
four years to reflect on the accomplishments of King.
Two plays, a march, a documentary video, a special
dinner and speakers will educate students on King's
contributions, Clark said.
"When we celebrate his birthday, it should be a
celebration of his accomplishments." Clark said.
"I think it is very important that we do something to
honor Martin Luther King Jr. He was obviously a great
figurehead (in American history)." said Martha Logsdon,
associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and
associate professor of political science.
The week is important because it "redefines" what this
country is about, said Robert Newby. associate professor
of sociology7.
He said he could not think of any one person who has
made a   greater impact on the United States since the
See KING Page 7
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.Commemorative Dinner
to be held in all residence hall dining commons.
7:00 p.m. Video Documentary examining
Dr. King's life and the civil rights movement.
At Larzelere Hall lounge.
12:00 p.m. Freedom March from west end of
Foust Hall to Warriner Mall. Brief commemoration
by speakers James Bozeman and Letitia Perry.
8:00 p.m. Keynote speakers at Warriner Hall.
Albion College's Morley Fraser and Friendship Baptist
Church's Rev. Lester Stone. Reception following
in the Bovee University Center Terrace Room.
7:00 p.m. King Documentary to be shown
again in the Heideiburg Haus in the Towers'
lower level.
8:00 p.m. The Meeting, a play about
a hypothetical meeting between
King and Malcolm X, will
be presented in Warriner
Auditorium. Admission
is free.
SAC fee changes on hold until
Engler decision about tuition cap
January 14-19
Rev Mart nL,t-erK:'-.g ,;
8:00 p.m. Master Harold anc
Asolo Theatre will present a drama about South Africa in
the 1950s at Warriner Auditorium. Admission is 9 to 12
dollars for students, 12 to 15 dollars for non-students.
by LAURA PHILLIPS
LIFE Editor
Considered changes in the way
students are assessed the $90 Student
Activity Center fee are on hold until
CMU finds out Gov. John Engler's views
on higher education funding.
The fee of $45 a semester for
off-campus students, which appears on
tuition bills, will remain as is for
1991 - 92, said James Hill, vice president
for Student Affairs.
In November, University administrators discussed eliminating the fee in
favor of a comparable increase in tuition.
At the time, they saiJ. the University
did not get funding for the rec centers
operating costs from previous tuition
increases because former Gov. James
Blanchard set limits on tuition hikes at
the state's public universities.
State officials, they indicated, advised
CMU to get rid of the line-item charge for
the rec center and include it in tuition.
The University developed four
separate alternatives to the $90 fee.
Hill said there has been no further
discussion on the issue.
"We think it's unwise to take any steps
to change (the way it's billed). . . until we
know what happens in Lansing," he said.
"Certainly it's not something we're going
to put on the shelf."
For now, however, the fee — which
students objected to in rallies and sit-ins
last year — will continue to help pay the
new building's $1.3 million annual
operating costs.
Tom Jones, director of Campus Recreational Services, said Wednesday he had
not heard of a decision to keep the fee.
"It really doesn't make any difference
to our department which manner the
University uses to identify and collect the
dollars," he said. "The only thing that
impacts us is how much money we're
assigned to operate (the building)."
Bob Endriss, budget analyst for higher
education in the state's Department of
Management and Budget, said Engler's
views on tuition still are unknown.
"I don't know and I wouldn't want to
speculate," he said. "I can't tell you one
way or another how tuition will fit into
Gov. Engler's budget recommendations."
Endriss said the Blanchard
administration had a "strict" policy
whereby universities had to report their
tuition and fee rates to the state, which
was geared toward persuading them to
keep down the cost of higher education.