Nov. 4, 1980 aalth Fair 011ars ree haallh scraentnas Are you concerned about high blood pressure? Do you know your blood type? Are you in need of nutrition information? Have you been feeling kind of run down late!"? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, 1he EMU Health Fair has the answer for you. The College of Human Services will hold a Health Fair Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 12 and 13, in the Ballroom of McKenny Union. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The free hea�th screening will include an anemia t�st, a blood alucose loo typtng, blood pressure, height and weiaht evaluation, and test,. � � . nutrition mformat1on. Other health services will be explained and demonstrated. Testing and assessments will be conducted by students and faculty John Ashbery Nicki McWhirter Loren Estleman from the- EMU departments of medical technology, nursing education, home economics and occupational therapy. Instrumentation and supplies for the testing will be provided by Coulter Electronics of Florida and Electro Nucleonics of New Jersey. Displays about careen in various health fields, such as health Talks bu a well-known ooet,aco1umn1s1 �dminist�ation, consu1!1�r educti_ �n, ho�e economics, dietetics, family hfe, _f�sh1on merchand1S1ng, mtenor design, medical technology, nuclear and a noue11st to hlghllght conterence med1cme technology, nursing, occupational therapy and social work wil be available. Information about community health and child ' development also will be provided. A keyr.otc address by Pulitzer luncheon address will be "Houseboat Days," "Some A�I _of the assessments. are free and local residents are encouraged to Prize-winning poet John Ashbery delivered by Nickie McWhirter, Trees," "The Double Dream of part1c1pate. For further information, caJI Lois &erbaum, director of and talks by Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press columnist. Spring" and "Rivers and the EMU Medical Technology Program and coordinator of the fair at columnist Nickie McWhirter and After lunch, workshops will Mountains." 487-0154. novelist Loren Estleman will resume at 2 p.m. in Pray Following Ashbery's talk, highlight activities planned for Harrold until 3 p.m. scholarship awards will be EMU's Seventh Annual Writers· when poet John Ashbery will presented to writing award Conference to be held Saturday. deliver a keynote address and winners and a reception will be Lawsuit against MAC Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. read from his work. held for all conference in the Pray-Harrold Classroom Ashbery has won every major participants in the main lounge Building. literary award in the U.S. of Dow�ing Hall. un1uers1t1es dismissed The conference, which places including the Pulitzer Prize, the The public is invited to attend A lawsuit filed by a female length of contrct, amount of special emphasis on student National Book Award, the the talks by Ashbery, McWhirter coach from Northern Illinois contract and facilities. writing, features workshops on National Book Critics Circle and Estleman free of charge. For University against the NIU The suit was dismissed by poetry, fiction, feature writing, Award, the Frank O'Hara Prize, further information on the high Board of Regents, Mid-American Judge Shadur because, he said, technical and filmscript writing. the Harriet Monroe Award and school writer's conference, Conference Commissioner Fred "this Court lacks jurisdiction of In addition, individual two Fulbright Scholarship contact the EMU Department of Jacoby and the other nine Mid­ the person of any of them." workshops for discussing and Awards. His volumes of verse English Language and Literature American Conference universi­ He ordered Textor's attorney critiquing anthologies of writing include "As We Know," "Self at 487-4220. ties, has been dismissed by Judge to reimburse the attorneys for submitted by student participants Portrait in a Convex Mirror," Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. EMU and the other Mid­ will be held. The workshops wi'.I District Court of the Northern American Conference members be directed by EMU Department District of Illinois. for their "reasonable expenses of English Language and Literature faculty members. un1uers1tu oroJects state The suit, filed by Alice Textor, and attorney's fees incurred in the women's basketball coach at connection with this action." Activities will begin at 8 a.m. Northern Illinois, charged that The su:t against the Board of with registration and distribution aooroor1at1on to be women coaches were treated Regents of Nort'tern Illinois of anthologies of student writing. unfairly and asked for $250,000 University remains pending and At 9 a.m. novelist Loren in damages from each institution. will be reassigned to a different Estleman will begin the morning less than a uear ago The damages were sought for judge. sessions with a reading from his work. Estleman, a recent disparity in job assignment, A revised 1980-81 General Fund budget totaling $52,011,864was graduate of EMU, has published approved by the Executive Council Oct. 31. several successful novels The revised budget incorporates Sl,870,948 in reductions, including including "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. $865,316 in program improvements adopted as part of the original Holmes," "Sherlock Holmes vs. Reulsed oubllcatlon 1980-81 General Fund budget in June. Dracula," "The Hider" and The revised budget includes an estimated state appropriation of "High Rocks." schedule tor FOCUS announced $33,679,999 and tuition and fee revenue of $14,762,560, as well as other Following a hot chocolate revenue from federal contracts and grants, gifts and other contracts break, workshops will focus on Once in awhile, FOCUS EMU takes a break from its publishing and grants, investment income and other student fees. schedule during holiday periods. poetry, fiction, feature writing, The original 1980-81 General Fund budget projected a state filmscript and technical writing. FOCUS will contin�e to be published every Tuesday during appropriation of $36,061,975 and tuition and fee revenue of At 11:45 a.m. the conference \\ill November, but the revised schedule for December is as follows: $14,557,399. The continued downturn of the state's economy has forced adjourn for lunch in Guild Hall -no issue Dec. 2 University officials to project that EMU's state appropriation will now 9 of McKenny Union. The -the deadline for the Dec. issue is Nov. 25 be some $374,000 less than the 1979-80 state appropriation of -the deadline for thefour-page Dec. 16 issue is Dec. 9 $34,054,019. -no issue Dec. 23 Revenue from tuition and fees, however, is expected to be slightly -no issue Dec. 30 higher than originally projected due to an increase in the number of memor1a1 students generally and in the out-of-state undergraduate students enrolled this fall, who pay higher tuition than in-state residents. In general, the reductions in the budget have been achieved through mass tor cutbacks in supplies and services, travel, attending conferences, subscriptions, photocopying and leaving vacant positions unfilled. students University President John W. Porter said he was pleased the budget Camous caosu1es_ reduction was achieved without the necessity of having to lay off current employees, although some employees will be reassigned to Commencement apparel Student association to be held other positions. must be ordered soon to host guest speaker "For the most part, we have avoided using a meat axe on our budget Faculty must order their caps, A Memorial Mass for EMU this time," he said. The Association for However, Carolyn Spatta, vice president for administration, gowns and hoods for fall students David Morehouse and Comput:ng Machinery will offer emphasized that most of the fat has been trimmed from the General commencement (Dec. 14) at the William Calcut, who were killed a lecture titled "Computer Fund budget. University Bookstore no later in an automobile accident on Graphics at Oldsmobile" by Myrl "Departments that have achieved savings by not filling positions or than Monday, Nov. 10. Rental Washtenaw Ave. early Saturday Thompson of General Motors attrition have gone even farther than trimming the fat," she pointed prices for caps, gowns and hoods Corp. T·Jesday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. morning, will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3:45 p.m. in Holy out. are: bachelor's degree, $11. 95; in Room 215, Pray-Harrold. The She noted that because of the reduction in office services and master's degree, $12. 75; Trinity Chapel. Prayers of lecture is free and open to the supplies and staff by attrition, requests to University offices may be doctorate, $13. 75. Rental prices Healing will be offered for public. filled more slowly than in the past. for caps and gowns only are: Harold Farris, Thomas Matlock "Further economic downturns in the state's economy definitely will bachelor's degree, $6.50; master's and Mark Arsenault, who were result in more severe cuts to the University's budget to achieve degree, $6. 75; and doctorate, seriously injured in the accident. additional budget reductions," she said. $7.25. Place orders by calling All members of the Universit) The specific reductions to the budget will be reported to the EMU 487-1000. community are invited to attend the service, which is sponsored Board of Regents at its Nov. 19 meeting. Once the state adopts a 1980- jointly by the University and 81 budget, the Regents will be asked to approve a revised General Fund Holy Trinity Chapel. budget for the University. .. FOCUS EMU 2 Nov. 4, 1980 ... musical theater hlstoru comes allua ouer the WEmu airwaves A 13-week series of programs According to Zellers, who studio at WEMU... Some of the tracing highlights of the wrote the scripts for the hour­ music we used came from my historical development of the long programs while on a own collection, some was American musical theater and sabbatical leave from the available at WEMU and other produced entirely at WEMU­ University, the "American people contributed too," Zellers FM, EMU's public radio station, Musical Stage" utilizes explained.