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University library faculty endorse no confidence vote By Catey Traylor Senior Reporter
The wave of disapproval against Central Michigan University’s top administrators continued late last week — this time at the library. Stephanie Mathson, assistant professor and reference librarian, wrote in an email to Central Michigan Life Friday the library faculty “unanimously approved” the Academic Senate’s Dec. 7 vote of no confidence against University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro during a meeting of faculty librarians. Mathson heads the library governance committee and chaired the meeting. Faculty librarians are now the 11th reported unit on campus to endorse the vote of no confidence. In Friday’s meeting, library faculty members discussed issues they’d like to see the Board of Trustees address in a resolution, of which included transpar-
ency and campus engagement. In the email, Mathson said the library faculty called upon the Board of Trustees to address five concerns, including: “Failure to include the CMU campus community in planning and decisionmaking in a truly meaningful and collaborative manner; Failure to regularly provide current, accurate and vital information to the campus community; Failure to properly respect and support the faculty and students of the university; And failure to acknowledge the high value of the scholarly accomplishments of university faculty, electing instead to vigorously demean and diminish those important scholarly achievements.” Mathson said in the email faculty librarians have directed her to “forward this resolution to the Board of Trustees without delay.”
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A Ron Paul supporter holds a campaign sign in support of Paul’s presidency campaign Saturday night in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
Presidential candidate Ron Paul waves to the crowd Saturday night after speaking to Central Michigan University students and supporters in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
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Fundraising effort still at halfway point By David Oltean Senior Reporter
With more than $12 million of the $25 million goal still sought after by university officials, Central Michigan University’s fundraising efforts for the College of Medicine remain roughly halfway complete. The current funds, $12,877,000, total to 51.5 percent of the goal set for the developing medical school, which recently received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Since last December’s Board of Trustees meeting, an additional $234,500 has been raised. The funds will be divided into three areas: facilities, scholarship and operations. Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, said $5.4 million of the $15 million goal for Saginaw and Mount Pleasant facilities has been acquired, $6 million has been raised toward the $8 million goal for scholarship, and $1.3 million of the expected $2 million toward operations has been acquired. Wilbur said fundraising efforts have been right on track, and she expects the recent accreditation to help increase donations. “Once they understood what (receiving preliminary accreditation) took, I think
there’s been a great deal of respect for what the College of Medicine had to put together and what the university had to respond to, so (donors are) very pleased and excited,” Wilbur said. She said there are roughly 60 fundraising campaign volunteers helping to find donations for CMED throughout different regions of Michigan. She said because the building is now complete, it may help funding efforts as well. “There’s no question that an announcement of preliminary accreditation helps with those efforts, but I think also having the building completed on campus helps as well,” Wilbur said. “It makes it, in some ways, more tangible for donors.” Wilbur said she expects the entire $25 million to be raised for the school eventually. “We’ll reach this funding goal,” Wilbur said. At the Feb. 16 Board of Trustees meeting, CMED Dean Ernest Yoder said the university is still expected to open up in summer of 2013 with a limited class size for the first semester. Yoder said credentials required of students applying to CMED include a 3.25 grade point average and a minimum score of 24 on the Medical College Admissions Test.
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul delivers a speech to the audience Saturday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium as former military servicemen stand behind.
‘Waking up’ Warriner Ron Paul delivers campaign speech about economics, foreign policy, limited government By John Irwin | Staff Reporter
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul visited Central Michigan University Saturday evening in front of a crowd of more than 1,450, looking to gain traction before Tuesday’s Michigan Republican primary. Paul, a congressman from Texas, said he believes a “revolution is going on,” adding the people are “waking up” and growing tired of war, debt and government spending. “We need to wake up Washington D.C., because they are sound asleep, and they need to hear our voices loud and clear,” Paul said during his speech held in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
Paul said the U.S. has stretched its military resources too thin. “We have over-expanded ourselves,” Paul said. “We should just mind our own business and just come home.” He drew parallels to the calls for war with Iran from his fellow Republican candidates to those made for the Iraq War a decade ago. “The war drums are beating,” Paul said. “We are not under threat from the Iranians. We need to wake up and tell our representatives that we don’t need another war. We need less war.”
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Paul event draws supporters, detractors By Theresa Clift Staff Reporter
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Paul was joined on stage by veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spent much of the speech decrying war and its impact on the federal deficit and America’s image abroad, saying the United States should consider a “golden rule” in foreign policy. “Americans by a large majority have come around and said the wars we’re fighting in the Middle East make no sense whatsoever,” Paul said. “In the last 10 years, these wars have caused us to build up $4 trillion in debt, and quite frankly, I don’t feel safer because of it.”
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Coldwater resident Richard Thompson raises a fist in salute of Ron Paul Saturday night in Plachta Auditorium. More than 1,450 people from across the state attended Paul’s speech.
More than 1,450 people from across the state flocked to Central Michigan University Saturday to hear Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign speech before Tuesday’s primary. John Engel traveled from Bay City to support Paul, who he called “the only true conservative in the race.” “It’s the only thing that makes sense,” Engel said. “He is the only one who is really addressing our national debt with serious cuts.” Some students, even those who disagree with Paul’s views, said they were glad Paul visited, where he was met by a full crowd in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
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“I think it’s really awesome that people are getting involved in the civil process,” said Michelle Shamaly, College Democrats member, SGA Press Secretary and a senior from Clinton Township. College Republicans member Stephanie Jaczkowski, a Clinton Township senior, agreed. “It’s great to see other people involved, whether they agreed with Ron Paul or not,” she said. “They really do understand we have a vested interest in our future.”
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