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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