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Western Mic . an Uni\lersity
Camp is so preva1ent, DU
feel that there is little can be
done
That a the message
delivered to the Michigan
Department of Civil Ripts
d ring a public inquiry cld
April 18 part of a ewidc,
fi\le- · on series plaDDed by
the Civil RiFts Commission to
"e ure plur· • in the e's
coUeges�
"If you !me a complaint, you
are beled a troublemaker
and you fear retar 00 • said
Umar F. Abdul-Mutakallim,
der of the university's B ck
Caucus in explaining r ciaI
atm phere on campus.
The fint of the bcarinp
held Apri115 -' the University of
Michigan here about 50
peop testified to racism and
discrimination on that cam .
'We're holding these hear-
4- tudents join ta
go ernmen in projec
Lee All n Cobb and Ar
r mec r Fo ter, both of
Detroit, re among more than
80 4-H'ers from a the state
ho vi ited their state
. tor' offices d govern-
ment agencies, studied the
pr t bills go through to
become Ia and learned about
the . de variety of government- .
related careers that are avail
ab to them.
When they pplied for Capi
tal Experience, each youth
chose" the subject he or e
anted to explore, from en
vironmental topics to social and
po . tical policies.
Capitol Experience par
ticipants are encouraged to be
come involved in loc I
governmental ctivi· home
before. and after attendiog the
-DID- you ·OW i
.' ...
fatal
tacks occur OD Saturday thaa
aDy 0 er day. oDciaya are
• Itr for peop e be-
• . 01 tbe
I..ansing program.
While they were in l.amin&
the 4-H'cr ad �
ch perones stayed the -
ing YWCA, near the CaPI ol,
where they set up mock commit
tee ·0, wor ed on leader
ship exercises and njoyed the
Y's recreational f ciliti •
The 4-H Capitol Experience
is sponsored by the Michigan
State University Cooper rive'
Extension Service, the MS U
Department of Resource
Development and MidUgan 4-
H Youth Programs.
According to William M.
il • Extension 4-H Coor
din tor in Detroit, "The 4-H
Youth PrOlJ' ( 4-H Club) con
lin to have a growiDg s eeess
in reaching teens and children in
the inner city of Detroit. More
YOUIII adults are owing an in
tere t in providing volunteer
leadership for cl d special
IIdivity pou ill the 4-H club
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� in respcase to " per- Black professor has to die or
ceive an mere m com-·· retire" said Benjamin Wilson,
plaint regarding bar ment prof�r of Black Americana
toward minorities at . . ·0' udies.
of higher educ tion in Of almost 400 tenured f cul-
Michigan,· said Civil Rights ty members t Western, 11 are
Commission Chair Benny Bla
Napoleon of Detroit during the A WMU graduate student
Kalamazoo hearing. . explained the lack of student"
. ine of the 11 ��Ie testify- p icipation in the. . . He
101 at Western Michigan were said students believe nothing
faculty and �. ... � be done administratively to
"To chieve di tinguished unprove the racial climate on
professor status on this campus, campus. "
The UIliversity's disaimina
tion policies do little, he said.
"They're only ords to pacify
moments of intensity."
Among other testimony
given, finan· aid counselor
said white staff embers in her
"office . ped the teiep one
receivers after B ck tudents or
staff used them.
Other heariugs are scheduled
for May 9 a Ferris State and two
yet undetermined dates for
Lansing and- Detroit.
MHC, also advocated' volv
i repre entative from or
pninti who are n direct-
1y involved in handicapper
. but are ctive in dealing
with civil rights regulati . to
promote righ for minorities,
and favored h vin with a
"political ma- of competent
groups in this are held to be
liberal and conservative.
MHC reconimend�d the
NAACP, the American Civil
Liberties Union and Americans
United for Life-Legal Defense
Fund.
"As we ppro cb the Bicen
tennial of the Bill of Rights, it is
ironic to have people try to dis
credit the idea of protecting
human rights through la ."
MHC tated .. "The first
presidential commission gave
aid and comfort to th who
. h to unde . e equality no
only for those with handicaps,
but for all miooriti "
o
EDICAL ETHIC
� _d gettiag olli· to ig- -
noreluchla
The commission claimed that
l'CIDOYiDg uch protedi
for the patient's own ood, con
teDding that in certam inade
it better to be dead than
handicapped. MHC chargta
that "in . judgement OYer
handicapper lives, the commis-
. did have on it single
organizatio representing a per-
son"th dicap,"
"If wi h handicap were
itting on the commi ion
equa ,attitude to ard them
might be changed." MHC ug
gested. "Essentially e re on
trial for our lives, but we ere
denied a jury of our peer ..
The commission" also tated
th t medical decisio to with
hold food d ate or deny or-
dinary care uld be made by
doctors. pi d the fami-
ly I "thout government inter
ference.
Noti A that ,tho e repre-
seated on the commission con-
. ed mostly of doctors, health
care institutio and univer
sities, intere would be
generally threatened by govern
ment regulatio involving civil
. ripts and anti-discrimination,
"beca of their own fears of
suits"and unpl t experien
ces with gover ment regula
tions, they would have bi in
keeping government out and
getting it off their backs."
MHC noted that the commis
. on did not include the Associa
tion for Retarded Citizens, con-
i ting mainly of parent of
retarded individu J�, which
could fir I hand repre ent the
familie and explain their ex
perience on th second com-
. ·on. MHC also favor in
c1udin the National Associa
tion of Protection and A�cy
Systems, because of their -ex
perience and expertise in deal
" with handicapper issues.
DICAPPERS EK ,�_�uu
I
and discrimin ory neaJect of
ordin ry mcrdical care and I
bavina healtll care institutions
"thdra feed· tubes from
brain injured adults, aDowiDg
them to ane to death wj·ltbolJl
food
--rile co on medical
ethics, j ified destroying a
certain group of people -
patie . dkaps - and
eakening their protection .
under the) w." MHC stated.
'We co " r this emely un
ethkaJ."
MHC charge that while the
commi ion purely an d
visory body and that by t eir c
tion both President Reagan,
Democratic Party leader like
Se or Edward Kennedy and
the majority of senator and rep
reaentati� of both parties •
rejected i advice·, the
vie of this COIDIDittee ha\le
been inO c:ourtI
totum .
protectio& DltieDts