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AD proposes policy changes for Mac Court use
By KEVIN HACKETT
Ot the Emerald
The Athletic Department (AD) has raised
objections to the proposed rules concern
ing tho use ot MacArthur Court and the
scheduling of events in It
The objections were made in a memo
submitted at a public hearing Fnday on
proposed policies relating to fund raising,
delegation ol authority to die ASUO and the
use of facilities on campus
State law requires that a public hearing
be held any time policy changes are pro
posed at a state funded institution
All the testimony ottered at the hearing
was concerned with scheduling and tees
charged tor use ol Mac Court Both the AD
and Cultural Forum submitted written tes
timony
John McBride, the AD's events manager,
submitted the memo which contended that
intercollegiate athletics is an academic ac
tivity ottering University credit The policy
proposal drawn up by an ad hoc committee
headed by Executive Dean John Lallas
specifies that registration and other
academic uses take priority over aH other
uses.
The AD also revised a clause that gives
the EMU director priority over athletic prac
tice time in scheduling and use of Mac
Court for one non-athletic cultural event
each term The AD wants the EMU director
to have pnonty only over non-athletic cul
tural events and not practice time Michael
Connelly. ASUO vice-president for prog
rams and community affairs, disclosed dur
ing the heanng that a possible Fleetwood
Mac concert could not be scheduled last
term because Mac Court was reserved for
basketball practice.
The AD also asked that a change be
made in the designation of authority for set
ting a rental or "user" fee for the facility The
University's director of business affairs is
given the authority in the committee's pro
posal The AD requested that it be given
this authority in consultation with the busi
ness affairs director.
Various Cultural Forum members voiced
their support for the committee's policy
proposal in generai. Written testimony
submitted by Ned Shafer. EMU program
advisor, suggested changing two points in
the proposal The clause that gave the EMU
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