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Jackson cal
He . d institutional racism has manifested itself in
both the university setting and government policy due
to co rvative political trends brought on by the
Reagan administration.
"My mixed emotioo is that e're on the right cause
e fi racism and fascism, but in 1987 it's th
wrong ag� " Jackson said. Instead, students should
now concern themselve with putting an end to
ueconomic, educational, and environmental violence."
y students agreed ith Jac son's vie s that
combating racial bigotry is a national priority and
Continued on PI 2
BJ WE DY LEWIS
d DAVID BSTE
The Rev. J Jac culminated his visit to the
University yesterday by urging members of all races to
collectively take ce against the institutionalized
forms of discrimination hich permeate society and
goYel"llIlDCl1l.
J associate of the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., e to standing-room-only audience at
Hill Auditorium yesterday after meeting ith
University President Harold Spiro, admini trators,
andBlac student leaden throughout the day.
USA for Fisk
wee long fundraise
DETRPOT - The cond
nu I 'U for Fi ' will be
celebrated for one e begin-
nin onday, pril 6. and
culminating ith concert of
the fam d Fi Jubilee Singer
on Sunday, pril 12.
In betweenwill be sandurched
an an y of activiti s that include
bl -ti gala, city council
ceremonie , gree salute,
luncheon jazz performances
and a private reception t the
anoogran anor.
Ed rd V ughn, ational
Director, USA for Fi , an
unced th hedule of
tivitie aimed t raising funds
or on of the nation' mo
pre . . u historical Bla Col-
I e
TV ar Bill Cosby' recent
donation of $1.3 million to
F· is model it i hoped the
Bla community ill foUo .
at 11:30 a.m. That evening
Mayor Coleman Young hosts
a Fi reception by invitation
only.
Other reception around
town will be held for the many
out of town gue excepted.
-S turday, April 11 a lun
cheon in honor of Fi Jubilee
Singer a(Mrs. organ's Board
ing Hou ,2590 Puritan.
-April 11 at 8 p.m. a Bl c -
tie dinner at Cobo Hall with
concert featurin oel Pointer,
Royce J avan, the rock group
ight Breeze, Arturo Shelton,
Deborah Ashley Round tree and
F' Jubil Singers.
-Sunday, April 12, USA for
P- orkshop Service featunng
the F' Jubilee Singer at
Fellowship Chapel United
USA for Fi wee activities
includes:
=Greeks salute Fi on April
6 t Sigma Plaza, 1721 E. Mc-
ichols at 7 p.m. Ho ed by
Xi Bet Sigma Chapter, Phi
Bet Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Donation $5.
-Gwen and Char le Scales
perform jazz at The Lansdowne
River Bar, on the river behind
Cobo Hall, 8 p.m. Donation,
S4.
- Thursd y, April 9, the
ational Thursday Luncheon
Group pre nts a tribute to
Black proneers in the Liquor
industry at the Cotillion Club,
13221 Puritan, at noon. Lunch
i $6, donation ecepted for
F' .
-The Detroit City Council
will honor Dr. Henry Ponder,
pre ident of Fisk, and 'USA
for F' "in special ceremonie
Conti ued on P 6
By EUGE
"A limited victory," said United
Coalition Against ism member
Barbara Ransby.
"Progress," aid BAM III
organizer John Simpson.
That's hat two student leaders
called six major resolutions Uni
versity President Harold Shapiro
announced yesterday to increase
black tudent and f culty enrol
� The resoluti are designed
to increase the numbers to more
accurately reflect the state's 12.9
percent Black population and to
improve the racial atmosphere on
Shapiro ounced the reso-
lutions just before the Rev. Jesse
Jackson's speech t Hill Audi
toriwn.
B.. students leaders, faculty,
ad.mBlStrators, Shapiro, and other
drnini trators agreed upon the
resolutions after hours of
negouauon this afternoon in
Shapiro's office. Jac son was
present during the negotation ,
servinJt as a f ilitator bet cell the
administration and Blac leaders.
Jacbon and Shapiro commended
each other and the students for their
wort. Shapiro said he did not feel
pressured into the resolutions, but
"extraordinarily helped in the
situation."
BAM DI and UCAR members
said the resolutions did not mark
the end of their work, and they will
continue to push and monitor the
Univusity's progress.
Most greed that Jackson's help
expediled the lll'eeaM[IL
"I don't think an)'OOC could have
daDe it � than him," ·d Barron
Wal ce, a BAM III negotiator.
Wallace said the establishment of
timetables, goals, and mechanisms
to achieve them ere a significan
component of the agreement,
Shapiro declined further com
ment on the resolutions, hich are
till in the draft stage, but is
expecttd 10 a m<X'C complete
ment during the week.
1be resolutions are:
·Presidential recommendation to
the Board of Regents to establish
vice provost position for an Offi e
of Minority Affair. The vice
provos will senior. tenured
professor in charge of minority
student and faculty recruiunent and
retention.
The vice provo t office ,. ill be
provided with a staff and an
utonomous line item budget
ufficieat to ccomplish its mis
ion.
The -move ans ers one of
UCAR's demanth for creation of an
Mioority Affairs C>ffice.
Holliman, a UCAR ne
otiator, said thi ould be "a
. gnificant. structural change in the
University in term of utonomy,
budgea.)' po , and administrative
po "
-An annual, permanent and
utonomous $35,000 budget for the
Blac Student Union, hich may
be increased in SUbsO�nt
• Appointment of a B senior
dministrator in the Office of
Affmnative Action, establishment
of a grievance mecban i m for
collecting data on racial incidents
the University, and creation of an
anti-racial harassment policy as pan
of University rules and regulations,
with appropriate sanctions spe
cified.
• Budgetary incentives to attract
and retain minority faculty and
dministrators. A post-doctor 1
program will be developed to t
minoriti� will a B f u1ty
development fund to improve
researdl and teaching capabilities.
·Incorporation 0 - affirmative ac
tion goals in annual performance
reviews of all deans and detmtlDClllt
• Salary inequities oCBI
other faculty will be reviewed on a
continual basis, and here
inequi· exist the University will
them imrnediarely.
·Creation of Presidenti
standin dvisory commission to
monitor' the resolutions. Members
of the commission ·11 include
presidential appoin ,repre
tatives from B faculty,
organizations administrators,
the comm . ty.
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