Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 14 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 10-30-1980 Lanthorn, vol. 14, no. 11, October 30, 1980 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol14 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 14, no. 11, October 30, 1980" (1980). Volume 14. 11. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol14/11 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 14 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Eight Important Proposals Will Crowd the November Ballot When voter* go to the poll* Nov. Smith-Bullard Proposal, is a tax shift from property taxes on the first cent rate to 5.9 percent. teen states arc currently considering move legal drinking from th>- high 4, they will face a long and compli­ plan. It it endorsed by the League of $25,000 of state assessed value on Thus, Proposal A would shift raising the legal drinking age. Two school*. Studies show that there is cated ballot. In addition to choice* Women Voters, the State Trooper* property. taxes from property to income, states which recently raised the no relationship betwecif legal drink for president and for congrctt, there Association, and the Michigan Educa- •pstablish a 10-mill limit for while, according to it* sponsors, en­ drinking age are considering lowering mg age and whether teens drink. are teven (eight in Allendale) ballot tion Association. *chool taxes. suring quality education in Michigan. it now. Statistics on alcohol 'elated accidents proposal* all of which require a ye* If more persons vote yes than no •permit the state to create its own PROPOSAL B would lower the Backers of Proposal B say that a or no vote. on the initiative, this amendment to school property tax to be levied on legal drinking age from 21 to 19. In 19 year limit would effectively re continued on page 4 Several of these proposal* have the state constitution would non-homestead property, such a 1972, Michigan's comprehensive Age sparked more interest from college ‘ Ensure substantial local control second home* and owner operated of Majority went into effect granting students than the choice between the of school pcrvinnel and programs. farms. The *tate could levy up to 18 year olds the right to consume presidential candidates. •Reduce from 50 mills to 24 5 30.5 mills. alcoholic beverages along with the Students Can Bus to the Polls Here is a brief rundown of the mills the current maximum property Although the proposal does not right to vote and enter into con­ Free transportation to the polls following pick-up points bus stop alphabet soup Michigan voters will tax for county, township, and educa­ specify where the state will obtain tracts. In April, 1978, the Legisla­ will be provided by GVSC as a public at Mackinac-Manitou, Copeland confront. Information comes from tional operations. (One mill equal* funds for education, it has been pre­ ture raised the drinking age from 18 service on Flection Day, November House, and the Ravine Center. proponents and opponents of each of $1 for every $ 1,000 of state-assessed sumed by both the authors and the to 19 years, effective Dec. 3, 1978. 4,1980 Students taking this bus should the measures, and from the non-part­ value on a person's property. Assess­ analysts of the plan that an increase That November, however, voter* This service is being coordinated be aware that this process will take isan l-eague of Women Voters. ments equal one-half the actual in the state income tax would be approved a constitutional amend­ through Student Senate and the up to an hour. (Copies of a more complete guide, market value of the piece of pro­ most likely. ment to raise the drinking age to 21. Office of Student Activities and The drop off procedure will coin written by the l.eaguc, is available in perty.) One of the sponsors of the Since 1976, three states have Housing. cide with the pick up. Signs desig the PIRGIM office in the south wing •Allow a $140 income tax break amendment. Rep. Perry Bullard, pre­ raised the drinking age from 18 to The bus leaves the Campus Center nating each pick-up/drop off point of the Campus Center.) to renters. dicts that the state's income tax 19, one from 18 to 20, and two (in­ every hour on the hour from 8 a.m. will be placed at each point along PROPOSAL A, also known as the •Exempt retirees age 65 and older would rise from its current 4,6 per­ cluding Michigan) went to 21. Nine­ to 7 p.m and will he stopping at the with confirming times. Grand Valley’s Student Run Weekly The Lanthorn Volume 14 ALLENDALE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1980 Number 11 Profs Rap Enrollment Report by Susan Collins icial report from the now defunct only recommend policy, but also Enrollment Committee. The Enroll­ take action necessary to eliminate Faculty leaders roundly criticized ment Committee was appointed by problems adversely affecting the the report of the Fnrollmcnt Com­ President Lubbers in the Winter of Grand Valley student population. mittee Friday, taking issue with 1979. The group's purpose was to Duplication and the nature of an many of its recommendations for “discuss and recommend policy re­ altered federation was top priority boosting-or at least stabilizing en­ garding budget, recruitment, reten­ discussion and deemed worthy of a rollment in the 1980’s. tion and other issues significant to special meeting scheduled for Friday, The Executive Committee of the GVSC’s academic and financial Nov. 7. The topics of a uniform faculty Senate (ECS) and the Sen­ future during the 1980's’. grading system and the transferabil­ ate’s Curriculum Committee met The committee’s goal was to stab­ ity of credits between colleges are jointly to formulate a faculty posi­ ilize enrollment at Grand Valley by also slated to be discussed at this tion on the Enrollment Report. the fall of 1980. Moreover, it was meeting. The Enrollment Report is the off­ agreed that the committee would not The faculty was divided on the re­ commendation to promote the in­ FACULTY LEADERS LABOR OVER critical points of the Enrollment Report (photo by John S. stitution as a whole as opposed to Wanat). separate colleges. $4,400Raised To Fight Tisch "The purpose behind this pro­ ’ posal is that admissions officers faced Presidential Candidates Views Vary by Susan Collins their roles in campaigning against with time limitations will be able to his proposal. recruit more students through push­ On Funding for Higher Education Grand Valley faculty, staff and Tisch says that college officials ing Grand Valley State as a whole,” students raised $4,400 last week have no business getting involved in alleged Curriculum member R. (Editor's Sote This is the College struck a nerve in a lot of people,” tion to the rise in federal spending to help defeat the Tisch proposal, the issue. Bryant Mills, a representative from Press Services's interpretation of the proffers Tom Duffy, president of the for and control over education.” according to Arthur Hills, Execu­ Hills stated that Grand Valley Siedman College of Business and Presidential candidate’s views on American Student Association. Reagan fails to note, though, that tive Assistant to the President. was “clean as a whistle” on Tisch’s Administration. higher education.) Terry Herndon, executive director the latgcst single aid to education accusations, saying that no state "One advantage Grand Valley of the pro-Carter National Education program in American history was The money goes to Citizens to appropriations or general fund offers is several routes to the degree. RONALD REAGAN Association (NEA), which was per­ begun in June, 1944, when President Save Our State (SOS) to stage a monies were used to wage war on We need an approach that promotes If the education policies of a haps the most insistant advocate of Roosevelt signed the G.l. Bill. It whirlwind media campaign in the Proposal D. Grand Valley and the reality of Reagan presidency followed those of the new department, isn’t sure he’d gave aid to millions of veterans at­ final week before the election. In addition, Hills said, “ I think separate colleges and resists placing the Reagan candidacy, the next four want to keep the agency if Reagan tending college. Standardized test State agencies throughout Michi­ many of us have given time to an the two in opposition," says William years would feature less federal in­ won. “An education department, scores peaked in 1963, some 19 years gan were each “assessed" a dollar educational program-it is our res­ James College Professor and ECS tervention in school policies, less under a President Reagan is some­ after federal aid to education began. amount donation. Grand Valley's ponsibility to provide education on member Robert Mayberry. federal aid to schools and students, thing we’d have to think twice “assessment" was $5,000. Hills the tax proposals and we have Student Senate President Lenore and more state and local control. about,” he says. continued on page 4 stated there wasn’t any pressure or spoken on all three proposals (in­ Knox thought the admissions office The most visible effect would be the “It might be easier to let the de­ compulsion on the staff, faculty or cluding the potential devastation should give high school seniors more dismantling of the Department of partment go,” he adds.