EnrollIllent to begin for  new retireIllent prograIll 

Letters  and  brochures have gooe out 
to  some  4,000  employees  who  will 
soon  become  eligible  for 
the 
University's new retirement plan. 

About  1,500  clerical  - technical 
and  hourly  employees  will  be 
required  to  participate  in  the  plan, 
which  becomes  effective  Jan.  1, 
1973. 

Special  enrollment  clinics  will 
begin  at  the  end  of October.  More 
information  on  the  clinics  will  be in 
next  week's  issue  of  the  News  -
Bulletin. 

Introduction  of  the  new 
retirement  system  will  mean  that all 

full  - time  employees can be covered 
under  the  TIAA  - CREF  (Teachers 
Insurance  and Annuity Association -
College  Retirement  Equities  Fund) 
Retirement Annuity Program. 

Participation  will  be  required  for 
those  who  are  between  ages  35  and 
55 on Jan.  1,  1973, and have at least 
three  years'  continuous  full  - time 
service.  For persons under 35 or over 
55  and who have three years' service, 
participation  in  TIAA  - CREF  is 
offered  but  not  required  as  of next 
Jan.  1.  Persons  over  55  on  Jan.  1 
may  remain  subject  to  the  old 
University  retirement  plan  (which 

will  have  an  improved  formula  for 
figuring pensions). 

\\WId ever be possible by  staying  under 
the current pension system." 

Contribution  levels  in  TIAA  -
CREF  will  begin  at  3  percent  from 
each  employee  and  6  percent  from 
the University. 

Gary  J.  Posner,  director  of 
employee  compensation  and 
benefits,  says  that  the  net  effect  of 
the  new  program  is  that  each 
employee  will  be  guaranteed  a 
minimum  pension.  And  in  most 
cases,  he  adds,  "employees will build 
up  a  substantially  larger  retirement 
pension  through  TIAA  - CREF than 

Posner  reminds  employees  that 
they  .will  need  to  furnish  an 
application  and  proof of bilth (such 
as  birth  certificate,  baptismal 
certificate,  passport,  military 
discharge  paper,  or  other documents 
listed  in  the  application  form)  when 
they enroll in the program. 

(Articles  detailing  the  new 
retirement  program  appeared  in  the 
News ·- Bulletin ;issuesof1ast .June 29, 
july 13 and July 27.) 

1 

~72 

VOL. 4~,--i!R,~ry 

OcrOBER 19, 1972 

The fifties 
recalled for 
HOIllecoIlling 

"Flashback  Fifties:  The  Cool,  Real 
Gone,  Hip,  Hang  Loose,  No  Sweat, 
Spastic  Years"  is  the  theme  of  this 
weekend's  Homecoming 
festivities, 
which  will  feature  everything  from  a 
rock  - around - the - clock sock hop to 
the traditional boniue and concert. 

The fifties  at Michigan  State,  when: 
*"The  girls,"  with  short hair,  bobby 
sox,  mid - calf skirts and fur  - trimmed 
polo  coats,  gazed  on  in  doe  - eyed 
admiration at '-'the  boys," nattily attired 
in  white  bucks, charcoal ivies, and letter 
sweaters. 

*Tradition  dictated  that  girls  could 
not  attain  full  coedship  until  they had 
been  soundly  kissed  under  Beaumont 
Tower at the stroke of midnight. 

* A  record  enrollment  of  16,243 
crowded 
complicated 
enough with requirements  for  flu shots. 

registration, 

*Even  students  who  were  pinned 
were  wary  of  sitting  on  the  bench 
reserved rigidly for engaged Spartans. 

*More 

the 
annual  J-hops,  orientation  dances  were 

than  3,000  attended 

(continued on page 6) 

Photo Lab:,A mont!lg~ of services 

Photos by Bob Brown and Bill Mitcham 

The  University's  Photo  Lab  provides a variety  of services  - from  making research  slides and taking passport photos to 

overseeing the newly streamlined process of making student and staff identification cards. A story is on page 6. 

The faculty  election: A  profound decision 

Following  is  a  statement  on  the  faculty  collective  bargaining issue  prepared 

this week by President Wharton. 
Members of the Michigan State University faculty will vote Monday and Tuesday 
in an election which may well have  a  greater impact on  their day-t<rday lives than 
the  Presidential  ballot  they  will  cast  two  weeks  hence. 

Decisions  out  of Washington  affect  us  all  to varying  degrees.  But the faculty's 
determination  of  whether  or  not  they  wish  to  be  represented  by  a  labor 

c-T  runoff needed 

Gerical - technical employees will have to vote again to determine a collective 
bargaining  agent.  As  of Wednesday, a  date had not yet been set for  the runoff 
election. 

The  two  organizations  seeking  to  represent  C-Ts  -

the  MSU  Employees 
Association  and  the  American  Federation  of  State,  County  and  Municipal 
Employees  - finished  1-2 in last week's voting, but neither was  able  to get the 
majority necessary for certification. 

MSUEA  had  539  votes,  AFSCME  460  votes,  and  "no agent" received 355. 
"No agent" will  not be  on  the runoff ballot.  About two - thirds of the eligible 
voters cast ballots. 

organization  for  collective  bargaining  purposes  will  profoundly influence  a  set  of 
relationships  with which we  must intimately live  - , week - in, week - out -
for the 
foreseeable future. 

As  president of MSU,  I have been reluctant to intrude my personal views into the 

collective bargaining discussion. 

-

However,  as  the  election  date  draws  nearer,  more  and  more  faculty  members 
have  asked  me  for  my  views.  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  I  have  a 
responsibility  to  state  a  position from the perspective of the chief executive officer 
of the University. 

First,  let my say that, as president, I would have no hesitancy in dealing formally 
- and in good faith - with faculty through collective bargaining, if that is to be their 
decision.  In some  ways, it might be  argued that it could make our job easier, since 
many important matters would then be taken up with a union representative rather 
than with faculty committees or in individual discussion. 

But  this  argument  does  little  to  assuage  my  sincere  concern  that  collective 
bargaining  ultimately  would  result  in  a  serious  deterioration  of  the  academic 
relationships which I believe to be the heart and soul of this University. 

Collective  bargaining,  I  am  afraid,  would  replace  this  mutually  developed  and 

supported association with an impersonal and adversary relationship. 

In an earlier interview in the News-Bulletin Provost Cantlon outlined some of his 
concerns about the changes  which would ensue if a union is chosen by the faculty. 

(Continued on page 2) 

- - - - - - - - -

(Profiles J 

'It  takes  courage  to  be  an  artist' 

Page  2, Oct. 19, 1972 

* Homecoming 

(concluded from page 1) 
held  "hag or-drag",  and events  such as 
the  charity Spartacade, Mardi  Gras, and 
proms  brought  headliners  Les  Brown 
and Ray Anthony to campus. 

*The  guys  wore  corsages  made  of 
vegetables,  paper,  or wire  for the daring 
girl- ask - boy Spinster's Spin. 

*Lake  Lansing  was  annually crowded 
with collegiate  sunbathers,  and the  Red 
Cedar  was  glutted  with  Water  Carnival 
participants. 

*P1edges  smoked  both  sides  out  on 
their  respective  limbs in the  tree-sitting 
contests. 

*Berkey loiterers and library smokers 
plainclothes 

ticketed 

by 

weu: 
policemen. 

*"Frat  rats"  whispered 

in 

cold 

dormers before lights - out. 

A  complete  schedule of HomeCOming 
events  appears  in  the  Calendar  section 
of this week's News - Bulletin. 

-PATRICIA GRAUER 

Oops! 

The  corrected University  Calendar in 
last  week's  News  - Bulletin  wasn't 
completely  corrected,  as  alert  readers 
have  pointed  out.  Spring  term  (1973) 
classes  begin  at  8  a.m.  on  Wednesday, 
March  28,  liot  Thw:sday as  reported in 
our story. 

-Photo by Bob Brown 

GERHARD MAGNUS 

Gerhardt  Magnus,  new  chairman  of 
the  art department,  seems  academically 
misplaced.  His  formal  education  is  in 

.  English literature. 
But,  Magnus, 

is  really  an  ardent 
spokesman  for  artists  and  says  he, 
"thoroughly enjoys the field of art.'. 

"Artists  are  creators who  are  making 
the  invisible  visible,"  Magnus  says. "Art 
education  and  artists  are  acquiring  the 
vision  needed  in  this  new  world  of 
abstractions and complexities. 

"An  artist  is a certain kind of human 
being  who  has  received  a  calling,  just 
like  a religious calling, to a very exacting 
self-discipline." 

He  adds:  "Artists  are  doing  and 
saying  something  significant.  It  takes 
courage to be an artist." 

Magnus  says  that he  discovered both 
the  role and an appreciation of art while 
teaching  English  literature  at  Southern 
Illinois University. 

"Literature cannot be separated from 
the  visual  and  music,  he  says.  "You 
cannot study the  key  cultural concepts, 
and  the  spirit  of literature  without  art 
and music." 

Magnus  received his bachelor's degree 
from  Lafayette  College  in Pennsylvania, 
and  his  master's  and  doctorate 
in 
English  literature  from  Yale  University. 

In  the  teaching  profession  for  30 
years,  Magnus  has  taught  art  and  art 
history  for  the  last  10  years.  His  most 
recent  assignment  was  at the University 
of  Georgia.  Additionally,  he  served  on 
the  administration  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Art  and  has  done  technical 
writing  and  management  consulting 
work. 

Magnus  says  he  is a part-time painter, 
"but  I  don't  boast  about  it."  He  adds 
that  the  qualifications  he  brings  to the 
art  department  are  not  as  an  artist,but 
as an administrator. 

"I  fmd  this  an  exciting  department 
with a fme  curriculum of studio art and 
art history," he  says.  "I hope  that with 
the  assistance  of the  faculty,  many new 
ideas  concerning  the  growth  of  the 
department will come to fruition." 

These  ideas  include  a  combining  of 
an  art  appreciation  and  studio  work 
course  and  offering  more  exposure  to 
art to the University at large. 

Currently  Magnus 

a 
textbook  on  appreciation  of  art  and 
music. 

is  writing 

Music  plays  an  important  part  in 

Magnus' chairman's life. 

"I am very  serious  about  music and I 
am  intimate  with  classical  music,"  he 
-SANDRA DALKA 
says. 

* Wharton  outlines position  on bargaining 

(concluded from page 1) 

These concerns are very valid. 

However,  my  major  concern  is  how  collective  bargaining  will  affect  the 
management  functions  which faculty members heretofore have exercised, primarily 
their role in the conduct of the University's educatioilal program. 

THE MANAGEMENT ROLE OF FACULTY 

The  Board  of  Trustees,  through  Articles  VII  and  IX  of  its  Bylaws,  has 
authorized  the  delegation  to  each  member  of  the  faculty  the  major  academic 
responsibilities of this institution. 

Article  IX,  for  example,  states  that  the  Board  "delegates to the  president and 
through him to the faculty authority to establish and regulate courses of instruction 
and programs of research and service ... " 

More  on  bargaining  . .. 

More on faculty bargaining:  "The Forum" is on pages 4 and 5 of today's News 

Bulletin. 

Therefore, while the Board determines which colleges or departments will exist -

and thus which  disciplines  and professions  will be  taught -
it is  the faculty which 
decides  how the  field  or  subject  matter will be taught and what the course content 
will be. 

Faculty  are  also  involved  in  such  management  functions  as  initiating  new 
teaching appointments,  approying  reappointments and the granting of tenure. They 
play  a  major  part  in  the  selection  of departmental  chairmen,  deans  and  certain 
other academic administrators. 

The  role  of faculty in the Academic Council and Academic Senate  is additional 

testimony to the managerial function. 

The  evidence  in support  of this argument is at best highly ambiguous and mixed. 
The  reaction of the Legislature to such pressures may well be negative. One also can 
question  the  strength of a  faculty  union  in  this quest  when its parent organization 
also is exerting similar pressures in behalf of their institutions. 

Discussion  of the  internal  reallocation  issue,  however,  often  tends toward the 
myopic,  when  its  supporters  fail'  to  acknowledge  that  where  one  gets  more, 
someone else gets less. 

We  have  worked very  hard  over  the past  three  years  to assess our directions and 
priorities. We  have  no  argument  with the  need to  p~ our resources  where  they are 
most needed,  and no  one  is  a  stronger advocate  of that than am I. Much has been 
done to create economies so that salary increases  may be at the maximum. Indeed, 
these  increases  usually  exceeded  by  significant  margins  the  funds  actually 
appropriated by the Legislature  for salary improvement. 

However,  there  is  vast  difference  between  a  systematic  determination  of 
priorities  to  permit maximum achievement of our educational responsibilities, and_ 
an  arbitrary  shifting  of resources  to  achieve  higher  compensation  for  a  particular 
group. 

If  such  demands  are  to  be  met,  the  answers  are  stark:  Increase  productivity, 
increase  student fees  and tuition,  reduce  or eliminate existing functions along with 
their  faculty  and  staff. 

To  give  some  idea  of the variables involved,  this past year  each  one  percentage 
point  increase  in  faculty  salaries  and  fringe  benefits  represented  approximately 
$500,000. This equals nearly half the annual cost of the College of Human Ecology, 
or  about  the  annual  cost  of  James  Madison  College,  or  the  armual  cost  of  the 
computer laboratory. 

These  are  merely examples  of what is represented each time that a level of salary 
increase  is  made  which  exceeds  the  funds  prOvided  by  the  Legislature  and  by 
student fees. 

The  elected  facuJty  representatives  on  the  various  standing  committees  of the 
Academic  Council  have  worked  directly  with  -the administration  in  determining 
policies ranging from educational curriculum to improved fringe  benefits. 

The  administration  needs  faculty  input  in  those  matters  which  relate  to  the 

We  have  not  advocated  meeting our fiscal  constraints by such  drastic action as 
the  elimination  of such  units,  but  this  comparison  gives  some  feeling  of what is 
involved in trying to satisfythe demands of one group when the available resources for 
that purpose are not available. 

academic process of the University and the well-being of faculty itself. 

We  have  worked valiantly  to  acl)ieve  this goal. In some years it has been possible 
to  respond  more  closely  to  the  wishes  and  advice  of these  committees  than  in 
others.  But  on the  whole  any review  of the total experience during the past several 
years  would  reveal  a  substantial  number  of accomplishments  where  faculty input 
was  made, respected  and achieved.
This relationship- unique to an institution 
is the antithesis of a  union's usual  collective bargaining role 
of higher  education -
in  a  commercial  or  industrial  setting,  or even  in  education  below  the  four-year 
university level 

, 

There  can  be  no  question  that this relationship must undergo profound changes 
if our faculty choose unionization. The long-run implications will be to eliminate or 
drastically  alter  the  academic  traditions  which  nurture  any  academically  strong 
university . 
POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION 

I  have  hard it argued in recent  weeks  that adoption of collective bargaining will 
provide faculty  with greater influence not only over the  allocation of' resources, but 
also on the amount of these resources received. 

THE  CHOICE 
My  intention  in  this  brief  statement  has  been  to  set  forth  as  objectively  as 

possible, the concerns which I feel  as president of the University. 

It should  be  impressed  on everyone  that the decision will be made by a majority 
of  those  voting  and  not  necessarily  by  a  majority  of the  total  faculty.  Thus,  if 
individuals  wish  to make  sure  that their  choice  is recorded,  a ballot _ must be cast 
by each eligible person. 

Regardless  of  the  outcome,  my  administration  is  prepared  to  accept,  and 
accommodate  the  decision  of the faculty on this issue. Our most urgent plea is that 
each  and every  person  should participate so  that the  opinions of all  may be heard 
and  that. the  fmal  result  be  reflective  of the  sentiments  of a true  majority  of this 
university faculty community. 

We  must  all  be  prepared to live  with the  outcome of this process, whatever it is, 

keeping uppermost the total well-being of Michigan State University. 

-CLIFTON R. WHARTON JR. 

-- ---.. - - - - --

.. 

Page 3, Oct. 19, 1972 

Around the  camp-us: ·A summary- ~ 

Wharton  responds  to  policy group 
President Wharton has reported that the administration is in agreement with "at 
least  14"  of  the  23  recommendations  submitted  last  summer  by the  University 
subcommittee  of the Ad  Hoc  Committee on University and East Lansing Policies. 
The  committee,  established  follOwing  antiwar  demonstrations  here  last  May, 

studied policies relating mainly to the war  effort in Southeast Asia. 

In a letter to Charles Poizel,  chairman of the University subcommittee, Wharton 
said  that  while  the  administration  agreed  with  14  of  the  subcommittee's  23 
recommendations,  "there  does  not  seem  to  be  substantial  differences  of  the 
remaining  nine ,  but  they  either  require  further  study  or  action  by  a  standing 
University committee." 

Wharton noted that several recommendations affirm existing procedure : 
*Investments  should  be  based  on  probable  yield  for  maximum  return  as  one 

means to retard increased student fees. 

*"Cost - benefit criteriaused for  purchasing decisions should be publicized." 
*The Placement  Bureau  should continue  to provide  a table for  those who wish 

to distribute antiwar information. 

A  number  of  the  recommendations  have  been  referred  to  the  Military 

Education Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee  on Public Safety. 

A  few  copies  of  the  University  subcommittee's  compiled  documents  ar.d 
reports  are  available at the Library's reference desk, since  there are not enough for 
distribution  to  individuals.  Single  copies  (lre  also  available  at  residence  halls  and 
t.hrough 

student  government. 

Symphony  to  begin festival 

The  MSU  Symphony  Orchestra  presents 

the  opening  concert 
International  Festival at 8: IS  p.m. Sunday (Oct. 22) in the Auditorium. 

in 

its 

The  80  - piece  orchestra  will  perform  under  the  baton  of guest  conductor 
Kamen  Goleminov  of Bulgaria  who  has  been here  since  the  opening  of fall term. 
He  is  conductor of the  State Philharmonic  of Rousse  and the Bulgarian Chamber 
Orchestra of Sofia. 

The  concert,  open  to  the  public  without  charge,  is  also  one  of several  events 

presented as  part oflnternational Week,  Oct.  22 - 27. 

*MSU should continue to exclude classified research projects. 
*Sponsored  research  should  continue  to  be  scrutinized  and  approved  at 

department, college, and University levels. 

He also said that MSU would: 
*Resume  publishing  the  University's investment portfolio  "in future  financial 

The  year  - long  International  Festival  will  include  visits  by  two  more  guest 

conductors and several guest soloists from abroad. 

Cello  soloist  Rapheal  Sommer  of  Israel  will  appear  with  the  Symphony 
Orchestra  Sunday  to  perform  Saint  - Saens'  "Concerto for  Cello  and Orchestra, 
Opus  33,  No.1 ,  in  A Minor. 

reports or in  a separate listing." 

*Recommend  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  a  policy  statement  regarding  MSU's 

proxy votes on stocks, particularly in areas that involve  social responsibility. 

*Provide  a list of sponsored research projects throUgll the reference desk of the 

Library. 

*Provide  through  the  reference·  desk  a  periodic  listing  of  MSU's  overseas 

programs and projects. 

Carrels  need student users 
The  second  floor  of  the  Library  has  18  study  carrels  with  audio  - visual 

equipment  for  students. But there  are  no students. 

The  reason  for  the  lack  of  student  use,  according  to  Richard  Chapin, 
director  of libraries,  "is  that  faculty  aren' t  aware  of the  new facilities  which 
became available in September." 

Allan  Abedor,  assistant  director  of the  instructional Development Program, 
says  that  faculty  are  encouraged  to  use  the  carrels.  "They  are  ideal  for 
providing students  with  supplemental  information,  pre.requisite materials, and 
review for  courses," he says. 

The  carrels  were  equipped  through  funds  made  available  from  the  sale  of 
educational  materials  developed 
through  the  University's  Educational 
Development  Program  (EDP).  They  are  maintained  and  operated  by  the 
Library. 

"EDP  has  had several  requests  for  carrels from  departments, but because  of 
the  budget  squeeze,"  Abedor  says,  "a  decision  was  made  to  centralize  the 
carrel system in the Library." 

The  carrels,  designed  by  the  Instructional Media  Center,  are  equipped with 

slide projectors and screens, and cassett tape audio systems. 

Chapin  says  that instructors with usable slides and tapes can make use  of the 
system  by  contacting  the  Library's  assigned  reading  desk.  Abedor  adds  that 
instructors  who  wish  to  develop  materials  for  the  carrels  should  contact his 
office for  assistance. 

One  audio  - visual  package  currently  available  to students in  the  carrels is 

information on how to use the Library facilities. 

Empty carrels:  AI Abedor and Richard Chapin would like them filled. 

-Photo by Bob Brown 

Part  of  the  purpose  of  the festival  is  to foster  an  international exchange  of 
musical  ideas.  Under Goleminov, the orchestra will present the U.S. premiere of 
"Le  Variation  Sinfoniche,"  written  by  his  father,  Marin  Goleminov  eminent 
Bulgarian composer and conductor. 

' 

The  concert  will  also  include  the  first  campus performance of "Spectrums" by 
William  Penn,  a recent  MSU  graduate  who is now teaching at the Eastman School 
of Music,  and  Tschaikowsky's  "Symphony  No . 6  in  B Minor,  Opus  76,"  ("The 
Pathetique"). 

Only  the  second  Bulgarian  conductor  to  come  to  the U.S. , Goleminov is  the 
first  to undertake a program as extensive as  the MSU festival. While on campus, he 
will  hold  an  advanced  conducting seminar,  and conduct the Symphony Orchestra 
and the Chamber Orchestra.  An expert on Bulgarian contemporary music and folk 
music, he  will also lecture on these subjects. 

The  festival , with its residency for conductors, was  developed by Dennis Burkh, 
conductor  of the  orchestra, who  came  to  know  the  guest conductors through his 
own  work as a guest conductor in Europe. Burkh is now on sabbatical leave. 

Support  for  the  festival  program  and  the  residency  has  come  from  the  U.S. 
Department  of State,  the Department  of Music, the  College  of Arts  and  Letters, 
President  Wharton , and  several  foundations  as  well as  business and private  donors 
in the greater Lansing 

community. 

Donations, which are  tax  deductible,  are  still  welcomed. They should be made 
payable  to  "Michigan  State  University"  and  designated  for the "MSU Orchestras' 
First International  Festival."  They may  be  sent  to  the  Development  Fund or the 
music department. 

Tentative  labor agreement reached 

Tentative  agreement  has  been  reached between  the  University  and  Local 1585 
of  the  American  Federation  of  State,  County  and  MuniCipal  Employees 
(AFSCME).  A ratification vote by  1585 membership is set for within three weeks. 
Arthur  Kieselbach, president  of the  local,  says the conditions of the agreement 
could  not  be  released until the membership vote. "We  will be contacting members 
during  the  next  couple  of weeks  and informing  them of the agreement," he says. 
The  campus'  other  AFSCME  labor  bargaining  unit  Local  999  has  not  yet 
reached  an  agreement  with  MSU  negotiators.  A meeting  was  scheduled  last night 
for members to discuss the University's latest offer. 

C- T  survey deadline  extended 

The  deadline  for  returning  the  clerical-technical  employee  questionnaires 

regarding women and minority training programs has been extended to Oct. 23. 

Mrs.  Josephine  Wharton,  coordinator  of  women  and  minority  training 
programs,  said  the  extension is to allow employees time to express their needs for 
training programs. 

"We  have  received  1,186  of  the  2,531  questionnaires  we  sent  out,  and  the 
returns  indicate  that  many  employees  have  valid  criticisms,"  she  says.  "These 
include  limited  opportunities  at  the  University  for  upward  mobility  and  the 
unavailability of training programs." 

According  to  Mrs.  Wharton,  the  questionnaires  also  indicate  a  need for  work 

release  time and fee  reimbursement for course work. 

She  adds  that  the  questionnaires  will  be  analyzed  to  determine  the  types of 

training programs needed for employees. 

The programs will be based on the goals established by her office. 
These  include:  Systemized  speical  training  programs,  in-service  training  and 
college  credit  and/or  noncredit  courses  for  improvement  of skills;  creation  of 
upward job  mobility  through  well-defIned  "career  ladders,"  working to remove 
unrealistic  requirements  standing in  the  way  of career advancement; encouraging 
efforts  in  and  among  all  colleges,  departments  and  units  of the  University  to 
include  career  development  plans  for  employees;  a$d  providing means, through 
cooperative efforts, to  meet the needs of the whole person. 

Currently  questionnaires  are  being  prepared  for  the  139  male  minority 
nonacademic  employees,  food  service  personnel,  housekeepers,' technicicans, 
skilled  trades  employees,  middle  management,  professional  and  administrative 
professional  staff. 

Page 4, Oct. 19, 1972 

The  Forum · 
Groups respond to provost's statement 

The  Forum  is  intended  as  a  platform  of  opinion  for  readers  of  the News· 
B.,lIeti" .  Comments,  and  letters  to  the  editor,  may  be  addressed  to  the 
editor,  Room  324,  Linton  Hall.  We  reserve  the  right  to  edit  contributions 
when  necessary  to  m.eet  space  and  other  requirements. 

TJIE MSU AAUP COUNCIL 

In  the  Oct.  5  issue  of the  MSU  News - Bulletin, Provost Cantlon  answered a 
number  of questions  concerning  the  possible  effects collective  bargaining might 
have  on Michigan  State. It appears to us  that many  of his answers were  based on 
misconceptions  of collective  bargaining  at  the  university  level.  The  tenor  of his 
discussion,  as it has  been of others opposed to collective  bargaining,  is  that very 
.little  that is  positive  can  be  gained, and many of our hard - won gains will be lost. 
Let  us  single  out  some  of the  crucial  areas  in  which  he  suggests  that great loss 
might occur. 

Q~ What happens to tenure 1Dlder collective  bargaining? 
The -provost's  answers  have  tended  to  convey  a  distorted  view  of the  facts. 
There is no collective bargaining contract of the AAUP which does not protect the 
traditional  rights to tenure  of faculty  and which  does  not subscribe  to the  1940 
Statement  of  the  AAUP  on  Academic  Freedom.  Uncertainty  is  more  likely 
without  collective  bargaining  than  with  it.  The  provost's  strange  notion  that 
tenure  equates with seniority  suggests  either a lack of knowledge ·of the technical 
differences  between tenure  and seniority,  or a  conscious obfuscation  of the issue 
in  an  attempt to arouse  an  emotional response  by  the faculty.  Of course, what is 
involved  here  is  the attempt to make a case for the leveling effects claimed by the 
opponents  of collective  bargaining in which all  faculty  are lwnped together,  not 
differentiated  by  ability  or  accomplishment,  but  merely  differentiated  by 
"seniority." The current contracts of the AAUP refute this claim. 

Q. What would happen to faculty governance? 
Nothing  could  be  further  from  the  truth  than  the  provost's  statement 
concerning the role of faculty in academic governance under collective bargaining. 
There  is nothing whatsoever in the law  which limits the areas in which there may 
be  participation  by the faculty . The notion that we  shall lose  what we  have gained 
in  faculty  governance  is  false  if we  as  a  faculty  want  to  maintain  the  current 
system and this is  agreed  to  by  the  Administration. Most  of the contracts drawn 
up  by  the  AAUP  either  maintain  the  current  status  of  faculty  in  academic 
governance or extend it. 

Q. What would happen to the grievance process? 
The  grievance system would change in one significant way. The president or the 
Board  of  the  University  would  not  be  the  flllal  judge  in  the  case.  Under  a. 
grievance  procedure  adopted  under  collective  bargaining,  there  will  be  a  fair 
system  evolved  under which a  case  can  be  expeditiously  reviewed. But a party to 
the  litigation  will  no t be  the  final judge -
the final  judge  is usually  an  impartial 
third person outside the system. 

Q. What would happen  to student participation? 
It is  hard to arrive  at any conclusion but that the provost's response is directed 
toward  prejudicing  the  faculty  and  students  against  collective  bargaining.  It  is 
certainly  not based  on fact. Very little is known and this much is correct. Student 
participation  has  not  been  generated  by  the  administration  but  by  faculty 
committees  and  faculty  study  groups  and  ultimately  through  the  Academic 
Council  and  the  Faculty  Senate.  If  one  indeed  wished  to  project  the  possible 
cbanges  they  would  be  in  the  direction  which  makes  for  greater  democracy  in 
university  governance  - how  could  students  be  denied  by  faculty?  And  why 
should they be? 

Q. Would there be a change in sabbatical leaves? 
The  notion  is  conveyeCl  that  sabbaticals  would  be  lost.  This  is  far  from  the 
truth.  At  Rutgers  University it  is only  since  the  AAUP  contract that  sabbaticals 
have become available to the faculty. 

Q.  Would  unionization  have  any  particular  beneficial  effect  for  women  or 

minority faculty? 

Tlie 'provost suggests that it  is questionable. The fact of the matter is that ill all 
collective  bargaining contracts rninimwn standards are specified so that there is no 
possibility  of  discrimination against  women  or any other group.  There is no such 
thing in  a university as  a  seniority system, whereby, based on number of years of 
service,  one  individual  has a  prior right t o  a job, for  example,  or a teaching load, 
or  a  given  course  than  does  another.  There  is  a  tenure  system  which  we  shall 
preserve. This  use  of blue - collar union terms not only appeals to the emotions of 
the faculty, but misleads them! 

Q. Student - l'·aculty Judiciary;? 
What  management  function  is  now  involved  in  a  student  - faculty judiciary? 
And  if it  is  so  involved  should  it  be? 
How can  the rights  of individuals  be 
better  protected  than  under  a  contractual  arrangement  and  a rational grievance 
procedure which guarantees full rights to all? 

Q. The recruitment of good faculty? 

The  provost's  discussion  is  a  red herring.  There is  good  reason  to  believe  that 
where  faculty  rights  are  guaranteed and there  is  a  community in which academic 
freedom is legally  protected that able  faculty  and  students would be attracted. It 
is interesting to see the use by the provost of the term "management's role." Does 
the  provost  believe  that  hiring  appropriate  faculty,  dealing  with  curriculum, 
reviewing  personnel  for  increments  and  promotion  are  management  roles?  We 
would like  the  provost  to layout what is his  conception of the  managerial  role 
This  we  are  sure  is  the real heart of "administrative" or "management" resistance 
to  collective  bargaining.  What  tradeoff is  the  provost  referring to when  he  says 
" top  faculty"  will  not  come  because  we  have  collective  bargaining?  The  only 
tradeoffs which  now take  place  are  made .in  the Administration Building without 
faculty  consultation.  If there are any tradeoffs to take place the faculty should be 
involved  in  the  discussion  of such  changes and  the manner  in  which  they  affect 
the  academic  process.  The  view  that  "good"  universities  do  not have  collective 
bargaining  depends  upon  the definition of good and  the  conditions under  which 
collective  bargaining  emerges.  The  AAUP  strongly  believes that it can  represent 
the faculty in making MSU an even better University. 

THE MSU FACULTY ASSOCIATES 
The  response  of Provost  Cantlon  to  questions  on  faculty  negotiations (News 
Bulletin,  Oct.  5)  was  an  unfortunate  example  of inaccuracy  and innuendo, all of 
which had the net effect of implying that professional negotiations for our faculty 
would mean the beginning of the end of faculty well - being. 

The  provost  states  that  collective  bargaining  co • ••  has  had  a  profound  and 
constructive  effect on  the lives of millions of Americans and has contributed to a 
basically sound  economy."  Yet, if one examines the contents of the remainder of 
the  article,  the  provost  has  not  one  good  world  for  the  potential  effect  of 
negotiations for  the 2,400 members of the faculty of Michigan State. 

The  most  pervasive  inaccuracy  in  the  provost's  paragraphs  is  the  supposition 
that  bargaining  leads  to  "uniformity  and  rigidity."  It has  been  the  common 
experience  of  those  who  know  negotiations  that  the  most  salient  aspect  of 
bargaining is its enormous versatility. To presume that a higher education contract 
must  resemble  that  of  a  plwnber  union  (or even  the  contracts of public school 
teachers)  is  to  reveal  a  remarkable  Jack  of  sophistication  as  to  the  nature  of 
negotiations and its history. 

Anyone  who  has  taken  the  trouble  to examine  contracts  gained over  the years 
for  the  vast  variety  of unions  and associations in  this  nation can quickly see that 
the only  commonality is that they all seek to provide legal and binding protection 
for  those represented. That is the reason bargaining came  to exist, and it remains a 
valid reason for continuing and developing it today. 

Therefore,  to  state  that  uniformity  for  all  is  a  hallmark  for  educational 
contracts  is  to  reveal  a  lack  of  knowledge  of what  has  been  accomplished  at 
universities  in  this  country.  At this time,  more  than  80 coUeges  and  universities 
are  bargaining.  Not only  do  the contracts at these institutions vary enormously in 
scope,  but  each  contains  provisions  reflective  of  the  needs  and situations of the 
faculty at those universities. It can be said that there are some areas of uniformity; 
the  contracts  do insist on strong academic freedom provisions, and on due process 
and  impartiality  ill  grievance  procedures.  We  believe  that most faculty members 
would consider such provisions essential to a meaningful contract. 

We  conclude,  in  the  absence  of  any  real  understanding  of  the  scope  and 
dimension  of bargaining in tbe provost's article, that there must be another reason 
for the attitudes expressed. 

It is  inherent in  the  nature of negotiations that both sides come to the table as 
equals.  At  the  present  time,  under  the  present  structure,  the  faculty  asks  the 
administration  many  of the important questions as a markedly unequal party. All 
of  our  :rights,  our  "privileges"  (such  as  participation  in  governance  and 
achievement  of tenure)  are  available  to · us  only  because  the  administration has 
deigned to give  them  to us. The provost talks of the p ossible " ... faculty's loss of 
management  role."  It  is  our  understanding  that  a  manager  is  one  who  controls 
events  and  has  the  power to  make  binding decisions.  This does not describe  the 
very limited advisory power the administration has extended to the faculty. 

When  negotiations  becomes  a  part  of our  professional  lives, this will  change. 
The  role  we  will achieve  will  be  real,  and binding, and  representative of genuine 
strength.  We  will move  from  the area  of noblesse  oblige to the status of a faculty 
whose  role  in management functions  will  be  -
first, last and always - negotiable 
and binding. 

Finally,  it  is  unfortunate  that  MSU/F A  must  take  such  sharp  issue  with  the 
presentation  of  a  colleague.  But  it  would  be  far  more  unfortunate  for  the 
members  of  this  faculty  if  such  misleading  information  were  permitted  to  go 
unchallenged. 

Letter 

MSU-FA is  not 'outside  b; 

To the editor: 

In "The Forum" of the  Oct.  12 issue 
of MSU  News - Bulletin  the  Committee 
of  Concerned  Faculty  revealed  a 
shocking lack of understanding of basic 
concepts  on  collective  bargaining  as 
proposed  by  MSU  Faculty  Associates. 
Four  times  the  Committee  referred  to 
"an  outside  agency  of  nonuniversity 
agen ts," "outside bargaining agen t,"  and 
"nonacademic  union  representatives," 
etc.  Nothing  could be  further  from  the 
truth. 

MSU - FA  is  an autonomous body of 
faculty  members  which  only  draws 
upon  the  considerable  resources  of the 
MEA  and  the  NEA.  Our  decisions  and 
poliCies  are  made  by  us,  MSU  faculty 
~embers.  Our  platform,  revealed  in 
recent  issues  of Consensus, shows that a 
small  negotiating  committee  for  actual 
bargaining  would  be  drawn  from  a 35 -

bargaining .  unit. 

40 person research committee of f; 
memoers,  ana  Lillil  ally 
llego 
agreement  would  be  subject 
ratification vote  by all  faculty me 
of the 
original input-of  suggeS"tions 
issues  for  bargaining  from  any m 
of  the  bargaining  unit  to 
ratification  by  the  entire  unit 
process  is  not  .accomplish{ 
outsiders. 

' 

-

Affiliation  with  MEA  and  N 
desirable  because  1)  it  provides n 
impact upon legislative  action, t3) 
thinking,  and  voter  approval; 
provides  numerous  automatic  Ii 
insurance  and other fringe  benefit 
provides  a  backlog  of  nego 
experience  and  legal  aid;  and 
provides  sound  flllancial  res( 
including  the  ample  DuShane  Ft 
render  real legal  aid  to faculty me 
in  ma tters  of academic  freedom, 

Page S, Oct. 19, 1972 

The election nears:  Faculty offet 
pros and cons on  collective l?argaining 
C Letters) 
Ex-AAUP president urges  'no' vote 

To the Editor: 

I  oppose  a  faculty  labor  union  at 
following 
for 

the 

Michigan  State 
reasons: 

(1) It will place the administration, as 
adversary  of the  faculty, in a role which 
requires  it  to  keep  salary  increases  to a 
minimum.  In  a  sense,  it  prevents  the 
administration  from  working  for  the 
good  of  the  University,  defined  to 
include  a  well  - paid faculty.  I  thought 
we  were  all  in  this  together  and  had a 
common 
the 
administration  to  work for,  rather than 
against me. 

prefer 

goal. 

I 

(2) A union will favor mediocrity ap.d 
militate  against  excellence. Faculty who 
receive  juicy offers  elsewhere  will leave, 
because  attempts  to match these  offers 
will upset  the  union pay scale. If unions 
are  so  good  for  a  university,  why 
haven't  faculties  at the best universities 
in the  country,  who are usually the first 
to spot  a good thing, been organizing? I 
haven't  heard  any  talk  of  a  union  at 
Walter  Adams'  Ivy  League  alma  mater. 
If MSU's faculty aspires to excellence, it 
will shun both unions. 

(3)  When  appropriated  resources  are 

increase 

insufficient  to  meet a negotiated salary 
increase  the  money  will  have  to  come 
from  somewhere. The alternatives are to 
increase  tuition, to cut faculty positions 
(and  consequently 
teaching 
loads),  to  reduce  course  offerings,  to 
raid  monies  sorely  needed  for 
the 
library,  for  equipment,  for  supplies  and 
services, 
unpleasant 
prospects,  and will devastate the quality 
of education  at MSU. (How the hell can 
we  teach  chemistry  if the  money  we 
need  to buy  chemicals has  been used to 
raise Lash Larrowe's salary?) 

etc.  All 

are 

(4)  The  bargaining  unit  excludes 
many of our most  talented faculty. The 
MEA  (Faculty  Associates)  displayed  its 
own  weakness  and  its  lack  of concern 
for  a  genuinely  strong  faculty _ when  it 
purposely 
these 
people  .  When  faculty  step  in  and 
out  of administrative  positions,  as  they 
now  do  - when  they teach courses,  as 
many  "administrators"  now  do  -
they 
should have the right to vote. 

disenfranchised 

Though  I  am  a  former  president  of 
the  MSU  chapter  of the AAUP, I intend 
to  vote  NO  on  Oct.  23,24.  The  AAUP 
has  done  a superb job as  a  professional 
organization.  Let's  keep  it that  way.  If 

Time to  'abandon passivity' 

To the Editor: 

The  Committe  of Concerned Faculty 
is,  understandably,  principally 
concerned  with  the  preservation  of the 
status  quo.  "God's  in  his  Heaven;  all's 
well  with  the world,"  declares the CCF. 
As  might be expected, shoring up such a 
claim  has  led  to numerous inaccuracies 
in  their  nay  saying  campaign  against 
collective bargaining at MSU. 

For  example,  in  "The  Forum"  of 
Oct.  J 2,  the  CCF  announced that salary 
increases are  "an absolute necessity." At 

ng agent' 

[)es  not  involve  domination  of local 
lculty by MEA  or by NEA. 

The  only  outside  agency  that  could 
ossibly  be  introduced  into  campus 
'fairs  would  be  an  impartial  fact  -
,oder,  a  new  third  force,  if  the 
argaining  committee  for  the  faculty 
n d  its  c oun terpart  for  the 
to 
dministration  could  not  come 
t h r 0  u gh 
m i cab I e  a g r e erne n t 
egotiation. 

It  would  take  three  more  pages  to 
uminate  other  misconceptions  stated 
the  Concerned  Faculty  in  "The 
if 
orum",  but  I  must  compose 
two 
(aminations for  two  of my  courses, so 
shall  close  with  appreciation  for  the 
'portunity  to  express  one  aspect  of 
le  position of MSU - FA. 

the  same  time  the  Committee  denied 
that  these  could  be  effected  through 
collective  bargaining.  The  reason  given 
was  that  the  Legislature  decides 
appropriations  and  the  administration 
allocates  them  throughout  the 
University.  The  faculty's  role  in  the 
is  seen  as  that  of  a 
latter  process 
shadowy  participant  in  what  is 
described  as  "a  delicate  matter." 
Perhaps  this  is  the  Committee's way  of 
referring  to  recent  salary  increases 
suggested  by  the  Faculty  Affairs  and 
Faculty  Compensation  Committee. 
These  were,  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
indelicately  ignored  by  the 
administration. 

The 

ineffectiveness  of  collective 
bargaining,  according  to  the  CCF, 
results  because  a bargaining  agent "will 
not  determine  the  amount  of the  total 
appropriation." Perfectly  true; only  the 
Legislature  can  or  should  determine 
that.  But  it  is  equally  true,  as  pointed 
out  by  MSU-F A  in  "The  Forum"  of 
Sept.  28,  that collective bargaining gives 
the  faculty  bargaining  unit  "a voice  in 
establishing  funding  priorities"  on  the 
is 
campus.  In  addition, 
heeded  by  legislators  when  they  decide 
upon appropriations. 
, 

that  voice 

In short,  current fmancial constraints 
render  it  imperative  that  the  faculty 
abandon  the  passivity  recommended by 
the  CCF,  and  instead  assume  an  active 
part through collective bargaining in the 
disposition of its econimic affairs. 

James Trow 
Professor of geology 

Mary E. Tomkins 
Associate professor, American 
thought and language 

you believe  as  I do, that it is in our own 
self  interest  to  continue  to  build  an 
excellent  MSU  without  a  faculty  labor 
union (but with a strong AAUP), I hope 
you  will  also  vote  NO.  The  only  way 
not  to  have  a union is  to vote  NO.  Let 

us  show  that  those  who  say  a  faculty 
union  is  inevitable  are  promulgating  a 
myth. 

Harold Hart 
Professor of chemistry 

How to vote 

Faculty  members  who  cast  votes  in 
next  week's  election  are reminded that 
any  plllrk  on  a  ballot  - other than  the 
appropriate  "x" - will make that ballot 
void. 

Is  a  faculty  union good for  'U'? 

To the editor: 
Being 

unofficial 
the  U's 
cryptographer is a demanding job, time 
wise.  Prof  in  Eppley  has  this  letter  in 
the  Oct.  5 News - Bulletin putting down 
a  faculty  union,  I  can't  count  the 
number  of calls I  get  to 
explain what 
he's trying to say. 

I 

add 

"What's  he  mean  by  this?"  is  a 
typical  question.  "He  says  here: 
'It 
would 
administrative 
another 
structure  to  existing  organization,  one 
likely  to  be  dominated by those  whose 
professional  performance  makes  them 
feel insecure.' " 

"Simple," I  says.  "He's agreeing with 
what  I've  been  saying  all  along.  State's 
already  top - heavy  with Vp's, assistant 
provosts,  and  coordinators,  and  he 
thinks  most  of  'em  are  turkeys.  You 
add  more,  you just  get  more  turkeys." 

lessen 

if  not  eliminate 

"I can  see  that easy enough now," he 
says.  "But  what's  he  mean  here?  'It 
would 
the 
relationship  between  monetary  and 
other compensation  and incentives,  and 
quantity  and  quality  of  performance 
prest:nt 
which 
relationship.' " 

characterizes 

the 

"Couldn't  agree  more,"  I  says;  "He's 
saying  you  want  to  preserve  the  high 
quality  teaching  State's  renowned  for 
lay'  heavy  bread  o~ 
you  gotta 
teachers.  Time  off  for 
outstanding 
research,  grad  assistants  to  take  over 
when 
consulting, 
incentives like that." 

they're 

away 

"Hold  on  there,  Lash,"  he  butts  in. 
"You  defending  those  profs  students 
never  get to talk to,  they're  gone all the 
time,  making  the  bucks  on  consulting 
jobs?' 

"I can  see  you have  a narrow view of 
what  a  university's  all  about,"  I  tells 
him  severely.  "There's  more  to being a 
prof  than  just  teaching.  What  you  call 
consulting  in  your  sneering  way,  us 
profs  call 'service to the greater society.' 

"If you'd  think  about  the  U instead 
of  your  own  belly,"  I  goes  on,  "you'd 
see  a  union'd  put  an  end  to  all  that. 
That's why our provost's agin it. He says 
collective 
faculty 
members  is  a  move  toward  uniformity 

bargaining 

for 

and  rigidity,  which  could  lead  to  a 
tyranny of the mediocre." 

"Gee,"  he  says.  "That's  heavy.  But 

why would that happen, Lash?" 

I  explains. 

"Inevitable," 

"Union 
raises  salaries  of  low  - paid  profs,  we 
don't  have  enough  money  left  over  to 
pay  our  great  teachers  what  they're 
worth.  They split for Harvard, Berkeley, 
places  like  that.  All  we'll  have  left  is 
profs  whose  idea  of teaching is reading 
to  the  class  outa  some  dull textbook." 

"I get  it now,'  he  says.  "But I  still 
don't  know  what  he  means by this:  'It 
would  mean  an  exodus  of  the  more 
innovative,  - entrepreneurial  members 
who  give  the University  and its  colleges 
a reputation for excellence.' " 

"What's 

an  entrepreneurial  'prof, 
Lash?  Is that one  who  goes  to Thailand 
or Brazil for  a couple years, comes back 
loaded  with  tax - free  bucks,  pays  off 
his mortgage when he gets home?" 

"Could be that," I says.  '''Or it could 
be  a  prof  who  doubles  his  salary  by 
consulting with some of America's great 
corporations. " 

that 

"But  doesn't 

trouble  you, 
Lash?"  he  wonders.  "Isn't  there  a 
danger  those  profs'll  be  corrupted  by 
getting  all  that  bread,  lose  interest  in 
scholarship? : 

"Works  just  the  other  way,"  I  tells 
him.  "You  relieve  an  innovative  prof 
of  his  money  worries,  he's  a  more 
productive  scholar.  Lemme  give  you 
some  examples'll  prove  my  point,"  I 
the  Faculty 
through 
says, 
Bibliography of the Business  School. 

leaf'mg 

"Dude wrote that letter to the News -
Bulletin  was  getting  25  thou  last  year, 
does  a lot of consulting on  top of that. 
But here's just a few of his publications: 
'More  Mileage  from  Meetings',  'What 
About  Reader  Service  Cards?',  and 
'Seeing Marketing Like It Is.' 

"If  he  hadn't  been  relieved  of  his 
money  worries,  he  wouldn't  have  been 
able 
to  push  back  the  frontiers  of 
knowledge by producing seminal articles 
like those." 

C. Patric Larrowt: 
Professor of economics 

Page 6, Oct. 19, 1972 

Photo Lab  helps  'brighten' campus 
with new color ID  process 

Students - plus  new faculty and staff 
- have  an instant and colorful new look 
this  term,  thanks  to  the  University's 
Photo Lab. 
New 

has 
streamlined  the  process  of  picture  -
taking 
identification 
cards,  and,  for 
time,  the 
pictures are in color~ 

for  University 

equipment 

the  ftrst 

photo 

Bill  Mitcham,  manager  of the  Photo 
Lab,  said 
that  purchase  of  eight 
Polaroid  cameras  has  made  the  photo 
identiftcation process much easier. 

"We  can  now  process the  cards  with 
the  color  pictures  right  at  registration, 
and  students  only  have  to  wait  a  few 
minutes," Mitcham says. 

Previously, 

the  operation,  which 
produced  black  and  white  photos, 
for  processing 
required 
before 
their 
identiftcation cards. 

the  students  received 

three  days 

"Students would have  to wait in long 
lines  to  have  their pictures taken,  and 
agaui  when  they  were scheduled to pick 
them up.  If the  photos  didn't tum out, 
they  would  have  to  repeat  the  whole 
operation," he  says. 

Mitcham  adds  that  if  the  pictures 
don't  tum  out  the  ftrst  time  under the 
new  system, 
requires  an 
it  only 
additional three - minute wait. 

The  Photo  Lab  has  the  responsibility 
of  buying,  maintaining  and  setting  up 
the  new equipment.  The scheduling and 
controlling  of the  operation  is handled 
by  Lorraine  Demorest,  offtce  manager 
ofID cards, comptroller's offtce. 

Faculty  - staff  ID  cards  produced 
with the Polaroid color  system  are  now 
limited to staff newcomers, and to those 
who  need cards  to replace. ones that are 
lost or expired. 

*  *  * 

IDENTIFICATION  CARDS  aren't 
the  only responsibility of the photo lab, 
which 
the  Department  of 
is 
Information Services. 

in 

An 

II-man  staff, 

ftve 
including 
photographers, 
takes  and  processes 
University  photos,  slides,  and  fIlms.  In 
addition,  the  lab  purchases  and  sells 
photo  fIlm,  and  other  camera  and 
developing 
students 
equipment 
enrolled 
in  University  photography 
classes. 

to 

The  Photo  Lab  is  now  open from  12 
through 

to  1  p.m.,  Monday 

noon 
Friday. 

"Last  year  the  department processed 
of 
90,000 

apprOximately 
pieces 
photography paper," Mitcham says. 

for 

doctoral 

According 

to  Mitcham, 

The  volume  of  work  includes  such 
items  as  charts,  graphs  and  research 
photography 
theses, 
passport  photos  and  portraits.  Any 
member  of  the  University  community 
can  use  these  services  of the Photo Lab. 
the 
assignments  for  the  photographers  are 
varied. 
He 

that  among  his  most 
interesting  assignments  has  been taking 
pictures  of  the 
inside  of  a  cow's 
stomach  through  a  plastic  disc  inserted 
in  the  animal,  and  photographing  the 
birth  of  a  baby  for  the  College  of 
Human Medicine. 

says 

Mitcham  says  that taking pictures of 
the  birth  wasn't  a  new  experience  for 
him. He  has  photographed the  births of 
his own two children. 

Mitcham  has  been  with  MSU  for  18 
years  and  has  been  manager  of the  lab 
for the past three years. 

"Photography was  a hobby I took up 
during  World  War  II  while  stationed in 
Northern  Mrica.  There wasn't much for 
the  the  men  to  do  during our free time, 
so  we  organized  a  photo  club,"  he 
recalls. 

Other  assignments  for  the  staff have 
ranged  from  taking  pictures  of visiting 
dignitaries  to  shooting  the  University's 
television  station's  antenna  "from  the 
bottom,  and from  the  top - 1,000 feet 
up." 

The  Photo  Lab, located since  1948 in 
Agriculture  Hall,  has  three  dark  rooms, 
a  print  room,  and  a  copy  and  portrait 
studio for processing  work. 

to 

Recently,  the  operations  have  been 
expanded 
include  camera  repair 
service  and  screen  print  processing 
(which  makes  photos  suitable 
for 
printing operations). 

In  addition  to Mitcham,  members  of 
the  photographic  staff  include  Bob 
Brown,  Barbara  Eady,  Betty  Hoover, 
Pete  Schandelmeier,  Corean Scott, Bob 
Smith,  Esther  Sweet  and  Dick  Wesley. 
Secretaries  in  the  lab  are  Emma  Bellon 
and Jackie Humphrey. 

-SANDRA DALKA 

New policy established for  filling  faculty  vacancies 

to  work 

MSU's  new policy and procedures for 
faculty  employment  represent  a  "clear 
intent" 
appropriate 
representation  of  both  women  and 
minority  groups  on  the  academic  staff, 
according  to  Herman  King,  assistant 
provost. 

for 

The  policy  provides,  among  other 
things,  that  notice  of faculty  vacancies 
shall  be  posted  in  the  News  - Bulletin, 
by  the  Placement  Bureau,  and  by  the 
Michigan  State  Employment  Security 
Offtce in Lansing. 

for 

But King says  the  new  policy  "leaves 
the  primary 
the 
responsibility 
selection  of  new  faculty  where  it  has 
always  been  - at the department level." 
The  policy  and  procedures  were 
devised,  at  least  in  part,  to  meet  new 
federal  guidelines  for  hiring  of women 
and minorities. 

King  says  that  while  neither  federal 
guidelines  nor  MSU  procedures  .dictate 

who  shall  be  hired,  "they do  provide  a 
guarantee  that  vacancies  will  be  made 
visible,  that  qualifted  persons  will have 
an  opportunity  to  apply,  and that the 
selection  will  be made in a way that will 
avoid arbitrary discrimination." 

in 

The  University's  employment  policy 
for  faculty  and  other Board appointees 
states that: 

* Vacancies  shall  be  posted  through 
"established  University  procedures," 
and notices may also be sent  to  persons  or 
other institutions.  Units  may  request to 
place  notices 
journals  or  other 
external sources.  No  posting is  required 
for  such  positions  as  clinical  professors 
and others for which honoraria are paid. 
* Any  material concerning  a position 
that  is  sent  to  applicants  must  be 
identical and sent to all applicants; 

selected 

* Once  screening is  done and persons 
the 
are 
selection  procedure  shall  be  provided in 
candidates. 
writing 

interviewing, 

those 

for 

to 

International Week opens Sunday 

The  cultures of the world explode on 
campus  Oct.  22  - 29  as  the  University 
observes  Michigan  International  Week. 
To  commemorate  the  week,  many 
nationality  clubs,  various  study  centers, 
and other organizations on campus have 
scheduled 
panel 
discussions,  exhibits  and  performances. 
The  week  will be  launched at 8 p.m. 
Sunday  (Oct.  22)  with 
the  "First 
International  Festival  of Music"  in  the 
MSU  Auditorium.  (See  related  story 
,on page 3). 

lectures, 

special 

Other highlights  of the week include: 

MSU  NC\VS-Bullctin 

Editor:  Gene Rietfors 
Associate editor: Sandra Dalka 
Associllte editor: Patricia Grauer 

-

I.  Khamis,  Fulbright  Visiting  Scholar, 
University  of Dar  es  Salem,  Tanzania, 
"Zanzibar - My  Home"  at 3 p.m., Oct. 
23,  Parlor  A,  Union;  Mrs.  Schuman 
Yang,  musicologist,  in  concert  at  8: 15 
p.m.,  Oct.  23, in the Music Auditorium; 
and -"The -Revolutionary  New  Order in 
Japan  and  U.S." 
Asia:  China, 
discussions 
by  Richard  Solomon, 
professor,  University  of Michigan,  and 
James  Morley,  professor,  East  Asia 
Institute,  Columbia  University,  at  8 
p.m., Oct.  25, Room 108 - B, Wells Hall. 
WKAR - TV  will telecast "The World 
- Our  Neighborhood,"  a  special  on 
international programs and international 
week  at  10  p.m.,  Oct.  23.  The  fIlm  will 
also  be  shown  by  the  MSU  foreign 
students  nationality  clubs  at  8  p.m., 
Oct. 
the  Kellogg  Center 
Auditorium. 

29 

in 

Editorial  offices:  Rooms  323  and  324, 
Linton  Hall,  Michigan State University, East 
Lansing 48823. Phone:  355-2285. 

Published  weekly  during  the  academic 
year  by  the  Department  of  Information 
Services.  Second-class  postage  paid  at  East 
Lansing, Mich. 48823. 

Week -long displays will be located in 
the  Union  Building,  Student  Services 
Building,  Center 
International 
Programs and Owen Graduate Center. 

for 

Further  information  on  the  week's 
activities is  available from Mary Sawyer, 
International studies and programs. 

Applications  are  to be  kept in each unit 
for  two  years,  as  are  documents  and 
records concerning each candidate. 

* Candidates selected for interviewing 
shall  be  given  written  descriptions  of 
general  expectations  of them if they are 
selected for the position. 

*  Records  of  the  screening  process 
will  be  documented  and  kept  for  two 
years in each unit. 

*  Those  involved  in  the  screening 
process  will  have  access  to  all  necessary 
information  about  each  candidate; 
candidates  will  not  have  access 
to 
information  about  other  candidates  for 
the job. 

*  Efforts  will  be  made 
on 
to  provide 

to  get 
each 
equivalent 
equal 
candidate, 
treatment at each stage of the screening. 

documents 
and 

*  Conditions  qualifying  a  tentative 
offer  of  rank  and  salary  (such  as 
completion  of a degree) shall be written 
at the  time  of the offer,  specifying that' 
the  offer  is  not  binding until  approved 
by the Board of Trustees. 

*  Candidates  interviewed  but  not 
selected shall be notified in writing that 
they weren't selected. 

*  Appointments  under  the  tenure 
system  must  conform  to  all  additional 
rules  and  procedures  governing  such 
appointments. 

The  procedure  for  posting  faculty 
vacancies  specify  that  a  request  for 
candidates  must  be  signed  by 
the 
appropriate  dean  and  by  the  provost 
before  it  is  sent  to  the  office  of  the 
assistant  vice  president  for  personnel 
and employee relations. 

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IMPORTANT: 

Administrative 

Professional 
Technical 
and  Clerical 
applicants  should  contact  the  Employment 
Office  at  353-4334  by  Oct.  25  and  refer  to 
the  vacancy 
the  posting  number. 
I nstructional  staff  applicants  should  contact 
the departments noted. 

by 

* 

* 

* 

FACULTY 
Audiologist  (2  vacancies)  (M.A.  audiology 
or  equivalent  experience)  Administration  of 
language  training  to hearing impared children, 
analysis  of  experimental  data,  and  report 
writing. 

Herbert Oyer, Communication Arts 

Asst.  Prof  of  criminal 

justice  (Ph.  D. 
preferred)  Broad  knowledge  of  criminal 
justice  system,  particularly  law  enforcement. 
Demonstrated  research  ability  and  teaching 
experience. 

A.  F. Brandstatter, Director 
School·of  Criminal  Justice 

CLERICAL - TECHNICAL 
45.  IX  Sr;  Food  Supv.  (B.A.  in  Human 
Ecology  or  HRII  Must  have  knowledge  of 
institutional  food  service.  Min.  2  yrs.  expo 
liesirable. $8,384 - 10,418 

46.  Research  Assistant  (M.A.  in  health 
planning,  medical  geography,  public health or 
related  field)  Understanding  of  basic  research 
methods  and  computer science, tech.  writing 
ability,  willingness  to travel  frequently  to the 
U.P. $4.03;hr. 

(part-time) 

47.  Staff  Nurse 

(R.N.  and 
preferably  with  B.S.  in  nursing)  Able  to 
communicate with  physicians, nurses, patients 
in  Lansing  hospitals.  Approx.  15  hrs.  per 
week; wi"  receive  mileage.$3.85/hr. 

48.  Graphics  Technician 
planning, 
for 

,,-- Medical 
origination, 
I "ustrator 
production  of  charts.  graphs,  signs,  medical 
illustrations,  and  other  diagrams  and  related 
media  forms.  Care  and  operation  of  graphic 
art equipment. $3.85/hr. 

49.  VIII  Exec. Secretary· Typing, s-hand, 2 
to  5  yrs.  campus experience.  Take minutes at 
committee meetings. $7,474-9,576 

50.  Lab.  Technologist  .  Two  yrs.  formal 
education  in  biochemistry  with  previous  lab 
lab  and 
experience.  Ability 
supervise  2  to  3  work  - study  students. 
$3.38/hr. 

to  maintain 

51.  VI  Principal  Clerk  - AbilitY  to type and 
labor  and  student  payroll. 
prepare  dept. 
Knowledge 
and 
accounting  systems,  and  able  to  maintain 
records  of  100 accounts  and  reconcile  ledger 
sheets. $6,436 - 8,048. 

bookkeeping 

of  MSU 

52.  VI  Principal  Clerk  - MSU experience in 
accounting  finance,  budgets,  leases,  record 
'maintenance.  Ability.to manage accounts of a 
large  academic  dept.  and  deal  with  faculty, 
staff, public. $6,436 - 8,048 

Departmental  Secretary  V  (5  vacancies) 

$6,267 - 7,389 

Clerk  - Stenographer  III 

(4  vacancies) 

$5,511  - 6,562 

Clerk - Typist"  (1  vacancy) $5,440 - 6,422 

MSU  IS  AN  EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 

EMPLOYER 

PaJ!e 7. Oct. 19.1972 

BULLETINS 

MID-TERM  GRADES 

Special  midterm  grade  cards  will  be 
delivered  to  departmental  offices  on 
Friday,  Oct.  20.  The  grading  system  is  printed  on  the  face  of  each  class 
card. Grade cards will be due back in the Registrar's Office by Friday, Oct. 
27. The Office of the Registrar will make a pickup on Friday morning,  Oct. 
27,  after 9  a.m.  Otherwise cards must  be  returned  to  150  Administration 
Bldg.  no  later  than  11  a.m.,  Friday,  Oct.  27.  The  returned  cards  will  be 
redistributed  to  those  who  requested  them  on  Monday,  Oct.  30.  For  in 
formation  call  5-9596. 

ASIAN  STUDIES 

As  part of its  focus  on Japan,  the  Asian 
Studies  Center  will  sponsor  a  panel 
discussion  on  "The Revolutionary New  Order in  East  Asia:  China,  Japan 
and  the  United  States,"  exploring  the  meaning  of the  recent  changes  in 
these countries' policies toward each other. The panel, featuring James W. 
Morley,  professor of government  and director of the  East Asian  Institute 
of  Columbia  University,  and  Richard  Solomon,  professor _ of  political 
science  at  the University of Michigan,  will  be held at 8  p.m.  Wednesday, 
Oct.  25,  108B  Wells. 

FACULTY  FOLK 

The  Faculty  Polk  International  Interest 
Group will  meet in  the  Con  Con  Room 
of the Center for International Programs at 1 p.m. Monday,  Oct. 23.  Craig 
Halverson  of  TV  Channel  23  will  show  the  film  entitled  "Outposts  of 
Assistance," which includes footage taken in Turkey, Indonesia and South 
Korea,  three  countries  where  the  University  is  currently  engaged  in 
research  and  assistance  work.  For  further  information  call  Mrs.  Ralph 
Smuckler,  337-2320  or  Mrs.  George  Petrides,  655-1022. 

NAVAL  RESERVE 

Naval  Reserve  Research  Company  9-16 
in East Lansing has openings for reserve 
officers  of  all  ranks  who  are  engaged  in  or  have  training  in  scientific 
research,  engineering,  applied  technology,  biology,  statistics,  education, 
management,  medicine,  administration  or  legal  work.  Members  earn 
retirement  points  through  drill  attendance,  optional  two  weeks  training 
duty with pay and correspondence courses. Army officers may participate 
in  seminars  either  by  joining  the  affiliated  Research  and  Development 
Company or via interservice transfer of commission. For information,  call 
Charles  Cress,  3-8854. 

CONFERENCES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Oct.  19 
Oct.  19-20 
Oct.  19-20 
Oct.  19-20 
Oct.  20-22 

Mich.  TB  &  Respiratory  Disease  Assn. 
Financial -Aids 
Michigan  Hospital  Public  Relations  Committee 
Social  Work  Curriculum  Workshop 
Michigan  Academy  of  Family  Physicians  Workshop,  Gull 
Lake 

Oct.  22-23  Mich.  Assn.  for  Minority  Student  Affairs 
Oct.  23-26  Cooperative  Extension 

Oct.  23-27 
Oct.  25 
Oct.  25-26 

Basic  Life  &  Health  Insurance  Inst. 
Hitachi  Packaging  Study  Team,  Pkg.  Lab. 
Nursing  Personnel-Ford  Motor  Company 

All conferences will be held in Kellogg Center unless otherwise noted. 
Students  and  faculty  members  are  welcome  to  attend  these  continuing 
education programs. Those who are interested should make arrangements 
in advance with the Office of University Conferences, 5-4590. 

EXH IB IT IONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Museum_ 
Main lobby: 

"Violins to  Dulcimers" includes  a  fascinating  collection  of 
stringed  instruments  handmade  by  Frank  Culver  of  Grand  Ledge. 
Featured  are  Appalachian  dulcimers,  a  Savart  type  cello,  a  French 
dancing  master's  miniature  violin,  and  others. 

Kresge  Art  Center 
North Gallery (October 21  to November12):  Watercolors. 27 works,  lent 
by the Detroit Institute of Arts, including Paul Signac, Max Pechstein, 
Lyonel Feininger, Pavel Tchelitchew,  Morris  Graves,  Emil Nolde  and 
John  Marin. 

SEM INARS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

MONDA Y,  OCTOBER  23,  1972 

Ion  adsorption  studies  on  hydrous  oxides  and  hydroxy-apatite.  A.M. 
Posner,  U.  of  Western  Australia,  Nedlands,  4  p.m.,  309  Agriculture 
(Crop  &  Soil  Sciences). 

Current  programs  in  animal  husbandry  at  Michigan - State  University. 

Ronald  Nelson,  12:30  p.m.,  126  Anthony  (Dairy  Science). 

To  be  announced.  J.  Hardy,  Chalk  River,  4:10  p.m.,  Cyclotron  Seminar 

Room  (Cyclotron). 

Prenatal immunization and protection of newborn calves and lambs.  G.H. 
Conner, 4 p.m.,  149A Vet. Clinic  (Large Animal Surgery &  Medicine). 

The wave function properties of the conduction electrons in ferromagnetic 
iron.  Kenneth Duff,  Wayne  State  U.,  4  p.m .,  221  Physics-Astronomy 
(Physics). 

The importance  of adaptive  changes  in  vascular design  for  establishment 
of primary hypertension.  Bjorn Folkow, professor of physiology,  U.  of 
Goteborg,  Sweden,  4  p.m.,  146  Giltner  (Physiology). 

TUESDAY,  OCTOBER  24,  1972 
Michigan farmers view collective farming  in Russia.  John Calkins, deputy 
director,  Michigan  Dept.  of  Agriculture,  3  p.m.,  116  Agricultural 
Engineering  (Agricultural  Engineering). 

Use of the MiSTriga reactor in evaluating the  role  of metallic  elements in 
spray  irrigation  with  liquid  wastes.  Steven  Lelewer,  4: 10  p.m.,  284 
Engineering  (Chemical  Engineering). 

Modern methods for  determination  of  organic  functional  groups.  Sidney 

Siggia, U. of Massachusetts, 4 p.m., 136 Chemistry (Chemistry). 

Research  activities  in  solid  waste  disposal.  Robert  B.  Schomaker,  U.S. 
Environmental  Protection  Agency,  Office  of  Research  and 
Monitoring,  4: 10  p.m.,  312  Engineering 
(Civil  Engineering  & 
Metallurgy,-Mechanics  &  Materials  Science). 

Chicken lipid  changes during  deep  fat  frying  in  fresh  and  reused  oil  and 
during frozen  storage.  Whu Ta Lee, 4  p.m.,  103  Food  Science  (Food 
Science  &  Human  Nutrition). 

A  changing nursery industry.  Roy Mecklenburg, 4  p.m.,  209  Horticulture 

(Horticulture). 

A  new coenzyme associated with the pyruvic lyase reaction in Escherichia 
coli.  Dr. L.O. Krampitz, Dept. of Microbiology, Case Western Reserve 
Medical  School,  4: 10  p.m.,  146  Giltner  (Microbiology  &  Public 
Health). 

Carcinogenesis  in  the  rat.  James  Swenberg,  Pathology  Department,  Up 

john  Co.,  4:10  p.m.,  346  Giltner  (Pathology). 

Metabolic  consequences  of  periodicity  of  eating  in  the  rat.  Gilbert  A. 

Leveille,  12  p.m.,  449B  Life  Sciences,  (Pharmacology). 

Power bounds for Smirnov statistics in testing the hypothesis of symmetry. 

R.G. Staudte, 4: 10 p.m., 405A Wells (Statistics and Probability). 

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  25,  1972 

Developmental dynamics of a  disease  epidemic.  Pornsawan Nimnoi,  4: 10 

p.m.,  168  Plant  Biology  (Botany  &  Plant  Pathology). 

Economic  influences  in  the  stratification  of  American  society  and 
education. Byron Brown and Daniel Saks, 1 :30 p.m., 2W Owen (Center 
for  Urban  Affairs). 

The  Central  American  cummon  market:  Problems  and  progress.  Paul 
Montavon,  USAID  Officer  in  Residence,  3:30  p.m.,  3  Marshall 
(Economic  Development). 

Pharmacological  effects  of  nicotinic  acid  in  the  treatment  of  bovine 
ketosis.  Ross Waterman, 4  p.m.,  131  Anthony (Institute of Nutrition). 

Supramolecular structure of cellulose  in  cell  walls  and related organelles. 
A.N.J.  Heyn,  Louisiana  State  U.,  4  p.m.,  101  Biochemistry  (Plant 
Research  Laboratory). 

THURSDA Y,  OCTOBER  26,  1972 

Biogenesis of mitochondria in  yeast.  Gottfried  Schatz,  Biochemistry  and 
101  Biochemistry 

4  p.m., 

Molecular  Biology,  Cornell  U., 
(Biochemistry). 

The remote sensing program at Michigan State University.  Wayne Myers, 

1 :30  p.m.,  223  Natural  Resources  (Fisheries  and  Wildlife). 

Some  observations  on  research  in  New  Zealand.  Albert  Pearson,  12:30 

p.m.;206 Food Science (Food Science and Human Nutrition). 

On  some  applications  of  the  Hopf  maximum  principle  to  eigenvalue 
problems. L.  Payne, Cornell U.,  4:10 p.m., 304A Wells  (Mathematics). 

Toward a  liquid  hydrogen  fuel  economy.  L.  Jones,  U.  of  Michigan,  4:10 

p.m.,  120  Physics-Astronomy  (Physics). 

Factors  that  determine  the  early  development  of  the  kelp  fly  (Coe/opa 
frigida).  Fritz Schwalm, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Illinois  State  U., 
4  p .m. ,  140  Natural  Science  (Zoology). 

. 

FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  27,  1972 
Synthesis and r.eactions of dehydroaromatics.  Robert Bergman, Califorma 

Technological  Institute,  4  p.m.,  136  Chemistry  (Chemistry). 

For  general  information  about  MSU,  please  call  353-8700. 

MICHIGAN 
STATE 
UNIVERSITY 

FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  20,  1972 

Calendar of Events 

10  a.m. 
5:30  p.m. 

6:30  p.m. 

8  p.m. 

8  p.m. 

8:15  p.m. 

9.p.m. 

10  p.m. 

Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
Homecoming-The homecoming queen will be presented to 
alumni  at  a  reception.  Kellogg  Center. 
Homecoming-President Wharton will be the guest speaker 
at the annual alumni banquet. Tickets may be purchased at 
the  Alumni  Relations  Office,  5-8314.  Kellogg  Center. 
"Cosmic  Dimensions"-Both educational  and  entertaining, 
this  presentation  in  the  sky theatre  provides  a  perspective 
picture of  the  seemingly  infinite  vastness  of space.  Tickets 
may  be  purchased  at  the  door.  Following  the  8  p.m.  per 
formances, there will be a skywatching lecture, and, weather 
permitting,  telescopic  viewing  of  the  current  sky.  Abrams 
Planetarium. 
Pop  Entertainment-ASMSU  features  West,  Bruce,  and 
Laing  in  the  Auditorium. 
Recital-Rafael  Sommer,  cellist,  and  Ralph  Votapek, 
pianist,  will  per~orm. Music  Auditorium. 
Homecominr;. ~The  Ingham  County  Alumni  Club 
sponsoring a dance open to the public. University Club. 
"Cosmic  Dimensions"  (see  above).  Abrams  Planetarium. 

is 

SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  21,  1972 

10:30  a.m. 

1:30  p.m. 

8  p.m. 
8  p.m. 

8  p.m. 

10  p.m. 

Cross  Country-Spartan  Invitational.  Forest  Akers  West 
Golf  Course. 
Homecoming  football-MSU  vs.  Wisconsin.  Pregame  ac 
tivities  will  include presentation of the  queen  and a  banner 
parade.  The  1952  national  champion  football  team  will  be 
presented  at  halftime.  Spartan  Stadium. 
"Cosmic  Dimensions"  (see  Oct;  20).  Abrams  Planetarium. 
World  Travel  Series-Curt  Nagel  discusses  "Portraits  of 
Australia."  Auditorium. 
Homecoming sock hop-Following the  homecoming  theme 
of "Flashback Fifties," a rock-around-the-clock sock hop will 
feature  everything from  a  marathon  dance  to  a  trivia  con 
test.  Union  Ballroom. 
"Cosmic  Dimensions"  (see  Oct.  20).  Abrams  Planetarium. 

8:15  p.m. 

Concert-The University  Symphony  Orchestra  will  present 
its  opening  concert  in  the  International  Festival  under  the 
baton  of  guest  conductor  Kamen  Goleminov  of  Bulgaria. 
There  is  no  charge  for  admission.  Auditorium. 

MONDAY,  OCTOBER  23,  1972 

8:15  p.m. 

8:15  p.m. 

Lecture-recital-Soprano  Schuman  Yang,  faculty  member 
at  the  Louisiana  Tech  music  department,  will  present  a 
lecture  and  recital  on  "Twentieth  Century  Chinese  Solo 
Song"  under  the  auspices  of  the  Asian  Studies  Center  and 
the MSU Dept. of Music.  There is  no charge for  admission. 
Music  Auditorium. 
Broadway  Theatre  Series-"Sleuth,"  the  Tony  Award 
winner  as  the  season's  best  play  on  Broadway,  will  star 
George  Rose  and  David  Haviland.  Tickets  may  be  pur 
chased  at  the  Union  Ticket  Office.  Auditorium. 

TUESDA Y,  OCTOBER  24,  1972 

12  p.m. 

7:30  p.m. 

8:15  p.m. 

8:15  p.m. 

University  Club 
luncheon-Tom  Downs  and  Donna 
O'Donnahue,  Democratic  candidates  for  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  will  discuss the  role  of trustees,  ajor issues  facing 
MSU, and ways they would deal with those issues. 
Film-A  71-minute  Russian  film  with  English  subtitles, 
"Mumu" will be shown as part of International Week by the 
Russian  and  East  European  Studies  Program.  There  is  no 
charge  for  admission.  106B  Wells. 
Faculty  recital-Corliss  Arnold,  organist,  will  perform. 
Peoples  Church. 
Performing Arts  Company-Tickets for  "Cat  on  a  Hot  Tin 
Roof"  may  be  purchased  from  the  Dept.  of  Theatre,  149 
Auditorium,  5-0148.  Arena  Theatre. 

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  25,  1972 

3:30  p.m. 
8:15  p.m. 

Soccer-MSU  vs.  Western  Michigan.  Soccer  field. 
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (see Oct. 24). Arena Theatre. 

THURSDA Y,  OCTOBER  26,  1972 

SUNDAY,  OCTOBER  22,  1972 

4  p.m. 

"Cosmic  Dimensions"  (see  Oct.  20).  This  is  the  final  per 
formance.  Abrams  Planetarium. 

8:15  p.m. 
8:15  p.m. 

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (see Oct. 24). Arena Theatre. 
Concert-The  New  Musical  Arts  Ensemble  will  perform 
works  by  Larry  Nelson,  Stravinsky;  Heitor  Villa-Lobos, 
Morton  Feldman,  and  Thomas  Korth.  Music  Auditorium. 

BULLETINS------------------------------

BOARD  MATERIAL 

Material  for  consideration  at  the  Nov. 
17  Board  of  Trustees  meeting  is  due 
in the office of the Executive Vice President or the Provost by Thursday, 
Oct.  26. 

HOURS  CHANGE 

Because  of  requests  from  staff, 
the 
Kresge  Art  Center  Gallery  will  remain 
open during the lunch hour. New hours will be from 9 a.m.  to 5 p.m. week 
days, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 

STEERING  COMM. 

The  Steering  Committee  will  meet  at 
3  p.m.  Monday,  Oct.  23,  in  443A  Ad 
ministration  Bldg.  to  set  the  agenda  for  the  Oct.  31  Academic  Council 
meeting. 

FOOTBALL  MUMS 

Football  mums  will  be  on  sale  in  109 
Horticulture  Bldg.  from  1  to  5  p.m., 
Friday, Oct. 20, at $1.25  each.  A  discount  will  be offered on quantities of 
ten or more. The sale is sponsored by the Floriculture Forum. 

BLACK  WOMEN 

The  Black  Women  Employees  Associa-
tion  will  hold  its  election  of  officers 
at 5 p.m.  Sunday, Oct.  22  in the LeJon Bldg.,  1401  W.  Main  St.,  Lansing. 
All black women employees of the University are urged to be present. 

BOOK  EXCHANGE 

Any Faculty Folk Club member wishing 
to join the Faculty Folk  book  exchange 
should decide on first  and second  choice  books which she  would  like  to 
purchase and call Mrs. Donald Cress, 349-4959, by Friday, Oct. 27. 

OBSERV ATORY 

The  MSU  Observatory  at  College  and 
Forest Roads will  be open to  the  public 
from  8  to  10:30  p.m.  Saturday,  Oct.  21.  Weather  permitting,  the  24-inch 
reflecting telescope will  be used for  observing  celestial objects of current 
interest. Children under 13 should be accompanied by an adult. 

ART  INSTRUCTION 

Class 
members  interested  in  painting  and 

for  Faculty  Folk 

instruction 

art techniques will  be held on Mondays from  1 to  3  p.m.  at  the  home  of 
Marilyn Davis,  940 Audubon Rd., East Lansing.  Instructor is  Mrs.  David 
Bing. For further information please call Mrs.  Thomas Kirk,  349-1888,  or 
Mrs.  Alvin  Arens,  349-0437. 

FAST  MEETING 

Friday Afterrioon with Science Teachers 
(FAST),  a meeting for science educators 
from  all  school levels,  will  be  conducted at 4  p.m.  Friday,  Oct.  27  in  the 
McDonel  Hall  kiva.  The  meeting  is  sponsored  by  the  Science  and 
Mathematics  Teaching  Center. 

TRUSTEE  CANDIDATES 

The  Faculty  Women's  Association 
will sponsor a panel discussion including 
all of the Board of Trustees candidates campaigning for the 1973-1981  term 
of  office  at  7:30  p.m.  Thursday,  Oct.  26  in  the  Union  ballroom.  Gwen 
Norrell will moderate the discussion. Candidates will meet informally after 
the panel at a coffee. The program is open to the public. 

LECTURE-CONCERT 

Monday,  Oct.  23,  is  the  last  day  to  pur-
chase  season  tickets  for  the  Broadway 
Theatre  Series.  The  five  professional  New  York  productions  include 
"Sleuth" Oct. 23;  "No Sex, Please, We're British" Nov. 29;  "Godspell" Jan. 
18; Paul Sill's "Story Theatre" Mar. 1;  and "Applause" with Patrice Munsel 
Mar.  28.  All  seats  are  reserved.  Michigan  BankAmericard  and  Master 
Charge  may be accepted for series purchas.es  at  the  Union Ticket  Office 
from 8:15 a.m.  to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. For information, call 6-3361.  Single 
tickets  for  "Sleuth"  are  now  on  sale. 

Information  on  MSU events  may  be submitted for  possible  inclusion  in  the  bulletins  to 
Patricia  Grauer,  Dept.  of Information  Services,.  109  Agriculture  Hall,  (517)  353-8819. 
Deadline for submitting information is  noon Tuesday preceding the  Thursday publication. 
The calendar of events will covera 9-day period, Friday"through Saturday. 

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