1 N 1 'i 1 /OIr ,F'YOU SE ESM)E ALL DALY The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 26 1978-Page 3A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION DUE SOON: ournalism-Speech merger eyed Eastern speed-up That lengthy faculty strike at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) next door in Ypsilanti left that school's semester short by a few weeks of class-time. Faced with that problem, the EMU administration. decided not to run through Christmas break or meet on Saturdays. Rather, the school opted to lengthen each class period five minutes, leaving students with half the normal ten minute break between meetings. "Some of my professors do it and some don't," said one EMU student. "It all depends on the amount of material we have to get through." We haven't yet heard any reports of increased sales in running shoes in Ypsi, but if they're sure hustling over there. Wrong side of the bed Most meetings don't start until those present have opened at least one eye. Still it is really quite understandable that the ,7:45 a.m. Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday morning caught some city officials in a state of moderate confusion. City Administrator Sylvester Murray addressed the breakfast bunch on the state of the city. He was almost forced to ad lib the entire spiel, because his assistant left Murray's speech on his own breakfast table in Ypsilanti. But Murray's remarks-were quickly compiled and his talk proceeded without a ruffle until the middle of the slide show. A slide displaying a bulldozer and some dirt was shown and the usually calm and organized administrator asked, "What's that? Where was this taken?" It turned out to be a 'before' picture of the new runway at the city airport. Murray regained his composure and finished the address, without further incident. Take ten If historical precedent counts for anything, the Wolverines should keep in mind the day after tomorrow a homecoming victory over the Minnesota Gophers, 33-20, on Oct. 26, 1968. Bill Cosby showed up for the festivities that night. Also that day in the presidential game, the latest Gallup presidential polls showed Hubert Humphrey up 5 percentage points to 36, Richard Nixon holding at 44,. and George Wallace dowrn 5 points to 15, leaving 5 per cent of those polled undecided. Happenings. . . roll out of bed at the ungodly hour of 10:30 this morning for a seminar with economist Robert Lekachman on "The Carter Administration's Non-Policy on Inflation" in Room B-115 Modern Language Building . .. at noon you can enjoy some big band jazz during lunch with the 2-5-1 Orchestra at.Ypsilanti's McKenny Union snack bar .. . also at noon you can take in a preview of the Musket's play "Man of La Mancha" in the Pendleton Arts Information Center, 2nd floor of our Union .. , at 12:00 Harold Stevenson will ask if "There Are No Reading Disabilities in Japan (?)" in the Commons room at Lane Hall . . . also at 12:00 Professor Andrew Ehrenkreutz will speak on "A Pope from Behind the Iron Curtain: Reflections on the Implications of John Paul's Election" in Rm. 5028 Angell Hall . .. at 12:10 Michael Blake will speak on "Ethoarchaeological Investigation in Highland Chiapas" in Room 2009 of the Museum of Anthropology ... also at 12:10 a film, on veneral disease and teenagers will presented in the School of Public Health II's Auditorium . . . at 4:00 Professor Leon Steinberg will speak on his "Personal Reflections on a Humanistic Discipline: Art History" in Aud. 3, MLB . . . or if linguistics is more your style at 4:00 you can hear Visiting Professor Vitalij Shevoroshkin speak on "Russian Literary Language and its Relationship to Russian Colloquaial Speech" in Room 35 Angell Hall . . . also at 4:00 the Musket cast will perform songs from "Man of La Mancha" in Canterbury Loft next to Nickels Arcade . .. at 4:00 John Broomfield will lecture on "South Asian Complexities" of the European 'Take-off' and the Non-Western World in Aud. B Angell Hall...: the Collegium Musicum will present Renaissance winds and viols at 4 in the Residential College Auditorium . . . at 4:10 Studio Theatre Productions will perform Act II of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town ... at 5 the Michigan Economics Society will meet in Room 301 of the Economics Building . . . at 6:oo Public Access Channel 9 will air' a taped debate between the four candidates for the Board of Regents . .. at 6:45 a special program honoring President and Mrs. Fleming will be given the residents of Rumsey House in West Quad in the Pendleton Room of the Union . .. at 7, Children of Holocaust Survivors will meet at Hillel, 1429 Hill St. . . . also at 7, AIESEC, a student Economics and Business organization will get together at the Payton Accounting Center ... at 7:30 guzzlers can indulge in the Theta Delta Chi Beer Olympics at 700 S. state St. . . . also at 7:30 candidates for Congressional seats, County Commissioner and other offices have been invited to speak and answer questions at American Legion Post No. 46, 1035 S. Main Street . .. the Guild House poetry and prose readings series will continue at 7:30 at the Guild House, 802 Monroe. .. also at 7:30, B. H. Ames and R. H. Roberts will talk on the "Development of the Submarine Trident as a Habitat" in Room 229 West Engineering. . . at 8:00 a Chemistry lecture will be given by UCLA professor J. Gladsz in Room 1300 of the Chemistry Building . .. the Concert Band and Chamber Winds will else out the day on a musical note at 8:00 in Hill Auditorium. 0 On the outside . . Look for a repeat performange of yesterday's skies. It'll be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, a high of 55 and a low of 45. By SHELLEY SEEGER The possible merging of the Speech and Journalism Departments at the University is a touchy subject, especially when nobody can come up with an unbiased name to call the committee which is analyzing the possible merger. "It doesn't have a name," said English Prof. Eric Rabkin, chairman of the untitled committee. "If we call it the Speech-Journalism Committee, then the Journalism Department feels left out. If we call it the Merger Com- mittee, it sounds like we are predisposed to make one department," said Rabkin. "If we call it the Reorganization Committee, it sounds like we are predisposed to tinker no matter what we discover," continued Rabkin. "If we call it the Oversight or Examination Committee, it sounds like we're doing an outside review. "THERE IS just no name that anyone could come up with, so whenever I talk to the Speech Department I call it the Speech-Journalism Committee, and vice-versa when I talk to the Jour- nalism Department," concluded Rabkin. Rabkin predicted that the committee studying the two departments is within two weeks of a plan which is satisfac- tory to all concerned. He also said he thinks the University will be able tofact on the matter by Christmas. If the changes are to be published in next year's catalog, they must be decided upon by December 15, he pointed out. ANY DECISION is subject to the ap- proval of the Regents. Rabkin said each department gave plans for potential reorganization to the committee, but said he could not disclose any committee decisions regarding the plans. He did say, however, that the creation of a Theatre Department separate from the Speech Department is a "pretty firm commitment." Rabkin noted that the most prestigious schools such as the School of Communication at Northwestern University and the School of Jour- nalism at the University of Missouri "have very strong -onnections between communications, speech, and jour- nalism "'IF HE difference between what our Speech Department does and what our Journalism Department does has kept them from doing the kind of work that would make them as nationally known as these other places, I think, in the abstract, the committee would have just wanted to put them together," said Rabkin. "But wanting to put two things together and being able to put two things together are not always the same thing. "The Speech Department is strongly committed to a humanistic approach," said Rabkin. "The Journalism Depar- tment is committed to a social science, quantitative approach. In the abstract, it is true that the two approaches com- plement each other, but in fact, getting the two departments to construct a single curriculum may be more trouble than it's worth," Rabkin speculated. Rabkin's committee, comprised of people outside the Speech and Jour- nalism Departments, convened at the beginning of the summer. But Jour- nalism Department Chairman Prof. Peter Clarke said merger rumors have been circulating for the past ten years. RABKIN SAID if the committee recommendation is not accepted, "somebody who thought he was in for a good deal is going to feel shafted and someone who thought he was going to get shafted is going to feel cocky." Rabkin said the committee has "moral obligations" to make sure that department personnel "continue to do the work for which they were hired." If the two departments were com- bined into one Communications Depar- tment, "What you would have would be' two chairmen, and you can't wind "f with two chairmen. So somebody i- going to have to feel uncomfortable" said Rabkin. ONE OF the two chairmen is Prof, Edgar Willis of the Speech Department. "I can't give idle talk to discuss something that hasn't been decided. yet," said Willis. "It depends a great deal on how the merger takes place," said Clarke. "It's like putting a Ford and Chevy together., It all depends on which car you get the, enginefrom," said Clarke. POETRY READING with AMY RONNER and ELLEN ZWEIG reading from their works THURSDAY, OCT. 26 7:30 at GUILD HOUSE, 802 Monroe No Admission 1' ....III Songs from their upcoming play, MAN OF LA MANCHA, performed by the Musket cast Thursday, October 26th at 4 p.m. at You win nave the opportunity to oruer fromnyourJosten's College Ring Specialist: