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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ■ \ /^Grand Valley State Coiieges L a n th o rn M 10, No. 7 November 3,1977 WGVC adds new staff. page 2 Lanthorn night at the Alibi.. pages 8 & 9 Lakers in the driver's seat. page 13 J Form al announcem ent due Health Services changes emergency policy Campus Security separately re who will dispatch a car to the site cy services. Very often, it's a mat by Ray Stock ter of life or death." Summing up Following a controversial med­ quested Health Services to send of the crisis. Once there, the offi cer(s) will determine if an ambu her personal feelings, she added, ical crisis incident on campus on help to the stricken person, but lance is required, what type of "I'm just concerned that there is October 21, GVSC Health Services were refused. Both campus police first aid to administer on the scene, not better access to health care for will now allow nurses to leave their men on duty that afternoon were or may even drive the victim(s) the students at Grand Valley. I posts to administer first aid in cer­ busy assisting the Ottawa County to Health Services for treatment. think we should look at what tain emergencies. In the past, Sheriff Department at an auto ac Health Services is located in mechanisms might be used for pro Health Services has held a policy cident near GVSC on M 45. the basement of Seidman House, vidinq better services." of non intervention in all emer An ambulance called by the and generally handles routine medi Ward Aurich of Physical Plant gencies not occurring on its prem Sheriff's office, and Campus Police both arrived at the scene within cal problems by appointment. said that he "felt satisfied " with the ises. Until this week, they have not al result of Friday's meeting. This The change has not yet been minutes of each other; about 45 lowed their personnel to leave the sentiment was echoed by Dean formally announced, but was minutes after the initial call for office to intervene in emergencies. Mehler and Purl Cobb. All three agreed upon by Ward Aurich (head help. The victim was revived with Dr. DeMaag is the only physician said that the conference was con of Physical Plant), Purl Cobb (head an injection of dextrose by para medics from the ambulance and on staff, and is assisted by two ducted without hostility or ac of Campus Security), Dr. Harvey cusations over the diabetic inci DeMaag, (head of Health Services), was released without complications. nurses. Colleen Martin, head of CAS dent. Dr. DeMaag has not yet been and Richard Mehler, (Dean of Stu­ According to head of Security, School of Nursing, went to Lake reached for comment. He is ex dent Life) feet Friday. Mehler had Purl Cobb, it is still not known why Superior Hall on October 21 after pected to release a proposal to im called the meeting after Cobb asked the ambulance took so long to students came to her office in Lake prove emergency procedures at for an investigation into a serious reach the afflicted person. Michigan Hall to inform her that a GVSC sometime this week. delay in acquiring vital assistance There is no full-time emer­ gency facility currently on campus. person had collapsed A student Aurich also said that Campus for a student in diabetic shock at Police officer Mary Johnson and Lake Superior Hall two weeks ago. T\A/o campus police persons, Offi with paramedic training took the students Chris Murray, Bruce Mur In that incident, students and cers Mary Johnson and Rob Steb- victim's blood pressure and pulse, bhs, possess Emergency Medical checked his skin temperature and ray and Jeff Eckstrom are creating Training (EMT), and each of them coloring, and attempted to make a proposal for a permanent student work two days and two nights a him comfortable, while Martin su run emergency facility on campus. Enrollm ent week on ten-hour shifts. pervised. Aurich plans to meet with them Normal emergency procedure Interviewed last Friday, Martin soon, in order to finalize the plan figures down at Grand Valley has been to encour said. "I think Health Services and to push for its rapid imple age people to notify Campus Police, should be able to provide emergen mentation. by Craig Vaughan Fall enrollment figures are down from 1976, but, according to Vice President Ron VanSteeland, "the figures are about what we had planned." The total headcount for fall term is 7,429 students, compared to 7,540 students in 1976, which is a decrease of one percent. Lora Robinson, Director of the Budget, said, "The enrollment was a little low in relation to total headcount, but we had the right mix of students either taking full loads, graduate credits, or paying out-of-state tuition." With a greater number of stu dents either being graduate, or out of-state, or taking full loads, more revenue is produced. "Financially, we're right on projections," Robin­ son explained. The colleges showing the greatest growth were: Seidman Graduate College, up from 199 to 393, a 97 percent increase; Devel­ opmental Skills Institute, up from 98 to 165, a gain of 88 percent; and the Graduate School of Educa­ tion, up from 211 to 297, a gain of 41 percent. Community Education shows GVSC art students battle a brisk westerly wind es they ettem pt to capture the largest decline, down to 999 the O lder Fine Arts Building on paper. from 1,283. a drop of 28 LANTHORN-November 3, 1977 Page 2 Health Services policy change sensible The unofficial word is that the Health Services has changed It is extremely possible that the situation could repeat itself. their policy of not responding to emergency calls. In the future, Two medical emergencies, occunng at the same time, would leave one the nurses will be allowed to leave their posts to respond to an emer­ of the parties without medical treatment. gency summons. Bad weather could also be a factor. It is plausible that a This seems to be the only sensible course of action. snowstorm could prevent medical help from arriving by car, thus making the Campus Police of no help. The incident that occured last week, in which a diabetic lay Sometimes it takes an incident like the one that occured two on the floor in Lake Superior Hall for 45 minutes before medical ar weeks ago to get people to look at the rules. And this time the rules rived, should not be considered a freak occurence. definitely needed to be changed iletters Editor Personally, my primary goal in col­ Editor sloganeering he seems so adept at lective bargaining is increased faculty Over the past several weeks, there Because many students have either influence in governance and the setting seems to have been a running encounter Sincerely, heen excluded from discussions about of budgetary priorities While admim on the Letters Page between the pro faculty coMective bargaining or contused strators, faculty, and students share the ponents of the Democratic Socialist Bill DeBoer by inaccurate information. I want to goal of academic quality, we hardly Caucus and its adversaries. Of notable clarify some issues share the decision-making authority and interest was the recent challenge laid First, a faculty union contract with responsibility to achieve this quality. down by the caucus to debate the the administration would strengthen, We faculty Clearly disagree about "jingle king” of marketing. Associate not weaken, the unique academic and the optimum structure of shared de Professor Bennet Rudolph of the School personnel policies of GVSC colleges, cision making, but I believe we would of Business Administration. Hopefully, The Democratic Socialist Cau­ schools, and departments The contract agree on two propositions This duel offer did not escape Mr. Ru cus will hold an organizational would specify that these policies could 1) Not all wisdom on budgetary doiph's attention. meeting on Wednesday, November be changed only with the direct consent and academic matters resides in Being an independent Marxist, I 9, at noon in Conference room D of the faculty in the unit in question the administration, and would personally be very interested in of the Campus Center. The minority is therefore protected 2) Given their proportional wis viewing such a debate It would hardly Proposed topics of discussion from both the maionty and capricious dom, they, the administrators, seem possible he could choose to ignore include the Zolton Ferency cam­ administrative actions paign, local campaigns and a gener­ currently have disproportionate it, given his prior tacit recognition of the Secondly, union representation al discussion on Democratic Social­ decision-making power. caucus via his responding to their original increases the democratic participation ism. New governance and budgetary de position statement. Within the context of A LL faculty. Once bargaining rights cision-making processes would become of debate, maype he could offer us All interested people are urged are secured, A LL members of the bar­ to attend.