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\ Volume 2, Issue 5 CAMPUS UPDATE Alpena Community College, Alpena, MI November 7, 1979: Independence finally becomes a reality for ACC by Cathy Mason “We're elated that the voters of the school district saw fit to establish a community college district and pass a millage to operate the district,’” commented ACC President Charles Donnelly. = Independence became a reality for Alpena Community College Tues- day, November 6, when the voting public passed the proposals for a separate community college dis- trict and for authority for a newly elected College Board of Trustees to levy 1.5 mills by a margin of 2,163 and 953, respectively. With this step, ACC has joined the ranks of 25 other autonomous Michigan community colleges. This victory is especially gratifying because two pre- vious attempts in 1968 and 1970 had failed. Grants awarded for poorer projects out the nation this fall to students and other young people in their teens and early twenties to pursue independent projects in the human- ities, ae The deadline for submission of completed applications has been ex- tended to December 1, the only deadline during. this academic year. Application forms should be on file in college offices which deal with federal grants. These federal grants offer-up to $2,500 to individuals and up to $10,000 to groups. They are intend- ed primarily for those between the ages of 15 and 25 who have not completed academic or professional training. While the program cannot provide scholarship support or fi- nancial aid for thesis work, under- graduate work which seems assured of public dissemination can be sup- ported. The humanities include such subject areas as history, ethnic stud- ies, folklore, anthropology, es ics and the history of art.. Youthgrants have been used by young people to carry out a wide variety of projects such as exhibits of documentary photographs, print- ed or audiovisual records of local history, and films on anthropologic- al subjects. The newly-created independent school district—the Board of Edu- community college district consists cation for the K-12 system, and the of the .present Alpena Public Schools Board of Trustees for ACC. The District which includes Alpena and college board will be specifically Presque Isle counties. Independence means that ACC ‘concerned with policy and prob- lems of the adult student, while the will have the self-governing system K-12 board can be devoted exclu- necessary for it to controlits destiny, Sively to youth education. Until now, the college has been an appendage. _of the K-12 system. From now on, the voting public has 1.5 mills. Public approval of the decided that there will be a seperate charter millage means that the Trus- board to handle the affairs of each tees will levy an annual millage of The ACC Board of Trustees has been awarded the authority to levy winner, Salvador F Strategy rents roomate “Everyone needs a basic strategy,” says a University of Texas student who has parlayed that need into a “roommate for rent’’ business. Pamela Douglas, owner of Basic Strategy, will be the roommate both her clients and their parents “‘can live with’ for a $25-per-month fee. Douglas chiefly acts as a cover for persons (mostly young women) who dont’ want their parents to know with whom they are really living. Clients give their parents Douglas’ address and phone number; both mail and phone messages are for- warded regularly to them at their real addresses. And when parents come sto se Douglas’ clients can ‘move into her apartment for the duration--for an extra fee, of course. Bans paper sales A new law in the state of Wash- ington provides a first-offense fine of $1,000 for the commercial sale of academic term papers. Hosts Candidates by.Cathy Mason Qn Wednesday, October 24, the ~ ACC Student Senate hosted the candidates for the College Board of Trustees at an informal question and answer session. The candidates mutually expressed that autonomy of ACC is vital to the students. An independent college could better _care for the students’ needs. This meeting was a chance for the candidates to air their views; for the students to discover these views and voice their own. The Student Senate especially probed the can- didates to find out where the stu- dent stands in their thinking. Student Senate members attend- ing were Tom Kane, Beth Ander- son, Guy Rabey, Kevin Schaudt, and Sherry! Paquette. ACC staff members that were present inclu- ded Dr. Charles Donnelly, John Mc- Cormack, Dr. Peg Lee, and Henry Valli. Candidates from the Board of Trustees that were involved were Donald Lee, Margaret Crick, Lee Britton, James Milstein, Harvey Hansen, Frank Hunter, Roger Bau- er, and Mel. Matchett. ~ year, the ACC A\ _ tion. 1.5 mifls on each dollar of state equalized property within the dis- trict which consists of Alpena and | Presque Isle counties. 2 The 1.5 mills that ACC currently receives will be channeled directly: through the college Board. Until now, the Board of Education was allocated millage in. a*lump-sum, 1.5 imills which was reserved for the college. This.1.5 mills is not an additional or increased millage from the local taxpayers; it is a transfer continued on page 4, column 1 Administration/Faculty £ settle grievance ae by Ken Lechtanski The administration and alee of ACC have agreed on a settle- ment which will allow all depart- 1S lege to be heade effort to save money, issued a sta’ ment which read that a department must consist of at least five instruc- tors in order to have a chairperson. Four departments did not meet this requirement; Physical Education,- Fine Arts, Natural Resources, and Natural Sciences. The instructors of the affected departments acted in accord with. their contract and filed a grievance report which sought to restore the former department chairpersons. When the grievance was denied, the faculty prepared to take the issue - before the Board of Education. In the meantime, however, the faculty and administration agreed on a compromise. Under the new arrangement the Fine Arts and English departments will share the same chairperson. This chairperson will be elected by both departments soon. The Fine Arts and English departments wilt remain separate with’ no crossover of seniority rights. Each of the ot- her three departments will receive their own chairperson. | This temporary system will! operate until the end of this school year. Next year the faculty of ACC will have to renegotiate the situa-