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LANS G One Senator
called it a missio
Others agree th t state
funding for wiiYtrsities must
be ina-eased in order to make
higher education acee ibJe
for ail .
But who would pay for such
laudable aim remaiDs a thor­
ny question.
Currently, phase two of the
mission rest in the hands of the
Sen te Higher Education
Subcommittee.
Subcommittee member
Ja . Vaughn Ill, D-Detroit,
said his group' Yersion of the
bin should be completed and
ready for the full SeDate Ap- .
propria . ODS Cimmittee this
week. .
-rile missioa ! how much
and t e cando for affor-
dabi1ity: Vaughn id
Michigan r 37th in the
nation in government spend­
ing 0 higher education and
has the sixth �t tutition
rate among a the states.
Last week, the House
. passed its own versi of the
higher education biD by 97-2.
The House version calls for
$1.1 billion to be allocated to
Michigan' 15 state univer­
sities and branches. This is a
733 percent ina-ease over the
1988-89 budget of $1 billion.
The House is lso $40 million
over Gov. James Blanchard's
reco ndation of $1 billion,
The governor's reCOJDmeD­
ciarlo . only 1 percent over
last year's budget. In his
February budget message,
Blanchard called for a 3 per­
cent inOation djustment for
all ichigan' colleges and
universi .
House Appropri tions
Oaairman Dominic Jaeobetti,
D- egaunee, said he didn't
even look at the governor's
recommendation- while plan­
jog the committee recommen­
dation.
House Higher Education
Subcommittee Chairman
Morris Hood, J r., D- Detroit,
helped Jacobet . draft the
proposal
"Hood and I decided to add
more money at the first phase
of the budget proces ,.
JaoobettI id,
J cobetti followed the
bill from the subcommittee
stage. He p sed out one­
question surveys to all higher
e duc tion subcommittee
members. The question w :
How much, if tall, uld tu .­
tion be raised if the governor'
proposed : How much, if
at all, would tuition be raised
if the governor' proposed
budget re put into effect?
·My concern is if there's
no enough money on � state
Ie el, tuitio fees will go up,"
J robe ti said
Jacobetti said the �rry is
that without state funds, it
would be more difficuh for un­
derprivileged students to go to
school,
"U's the duty of the state of
. chigan to provide funds so
all children can go to school,
not just the weathly," Jacobet­
ti id.
Vaughn shares J cobetti'
I concerns. He said the sub­
committee has conducted a
series of public beariDgs con­
cerning tui . ina The
last hearing April 28 at
Central Michigan UniYeisity.
"We met with the college
president (Ed ard
J bans ), and he re ted
t the students are ying
bout tuition," Vaughn said.
In order to complete' the
mission, Vaughn said the
governor's proposal will have
to be ina-eased.
. "There' not very much of a
choice," Vaughn said.
. But according to Depart­
men of Management and
Budget Director Shelby
Solomon, there may not be a
choice in the other direction.
Solomon said he wants the
Legislature to explain how it
plans for any ina-eases over
the governor's proposal
If we add to one area, we
have to reduce from another,"
Solomon id.
Solomon siad that within
the past ix year , community
colleges and universities
recieved funding increases
each year.
During the six years of the
Blanchard dministration,
tuition rates have increased 38
percent This compares to a
100 percent ina-ease in the six
years before he too office,
But any increases in tuition
will make some people unhap­
py, Vaughn said.
'We may not go as high as
people would like us to go,·
Vaughn said.
Jacobetti said he is confi->
dent that the Senate will add
money to the' House plan.
"In all probability, they may
ina-ease it, Jacobetti said. "If
history repeats i�1f, they will
ina-ease it,"
� Individually, universities
t:Jlat reeeived f\ulding ina-ease
rec:ommendatio include:
CMU: $54 million, a 7.3
percent increase OYer the 1988
budget of $SO million. -
Michigan State: $251 mil­
lion, a 6.67 percent ina-ease
mer the 1988 budget of $32
million.
Saginaw Valley State: $16
miDion, a 12 percent decrease
over the 1988 budget of $32
million.
University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor: $252 millio a 8.5
percent increase over the 1988
budget of $232 million.
Grand Valley State: $26
million, a 8.14 percent in­
crease 0 r th 1988 budget of
$24 million.
'Western Michigan: $78
million, a 5.45 percent in­
crease over the 1988 budget of
$74 million.
Wayne State: $175 million,
a 8.7 percent increase over th
1988 budget of $171 million.
May21-17,
MICHIGAN ern
Jack on
attle
Republicans
over easier
voter
registration
Washington, D.C. - Two­
time presidential candidate
Jesse J ckson was in
Washington, D.C. last week
Bre
,he ca
By
Correspondoat
DETROIT - "Aho isa
terrible thing to waste: said
homele advocate CorriDe
Jon dur· a mee· May 8,
OIl public housing at the Word
of Faith Church, on the city's
eastside. .
Pastor of the church, Rev.
Keith Butler, who i also a can-·
didate for city council, invited
Secretary of the Department
of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Jack
Kemp to the meeti to hear
the many concerns of the com­
munity.
Jones id after . g for
• put from the pub . Kemp
admi ted not being able to
respond immediately to many
otthe questions ked him. He
said he did intend to make
some chang
Jo es said Kemp talked on
a variety of housi ubjects,
but failed to be specific to
hich ones he discussing.
Jones ked Kemp HUD
still subsidizing the boarded-
up units of th Brewster
Douglass Housin Project.
Jones as ed emp why
HUD w fit to go out on an
annual bass and petition for
fun to m . tain homel
shelters when numerou
vacant units in repairable con­
dition are available to house
the homeless permanently,
rather than just helter them in
the winter months.
Jone presented Kemp
. h copies of letters to and
from the city' . mayor and
housing director, and photos
of the condition of the
Bre er projecs since, Kemp
had no viewed the ,complex.
She told Kemp the doannen­
tation would give him some
. dea of wh . t h been hapen-
ing in BrewsterlDouglass and
why.
Jones has been at the
forefront of a fight to keep the
wrecker's ball away from the
Brewster Douglass projects.
The Mayor' office has ear­
marked $ 3 million to destroy
1,004 living units a the site.
Jones wants the units
rehabbed, but the projects oc­
cupy real estate crucial to
redevelopment plans drafted
by select group of the local
"captains of industry." Their
plan is not focused on the
homele , but at attracting
upper c residents to the
city. They would replace the
projects with 250 units for
middle and upper income
families.
Jones aid she also in ..
formed Kemp of the laclc of
implementation in housing
programs under the super­
vision of Public Housing
Director Tom Lewis. She said
Kemp 100 ed over the infor­
m tion she submitted and
promised to contact her n
-these i ues.
J ones aid Kenip
responded favorably to com­
munity inter saying Sfmc­
thing must be done about e
currect ho jug. . on. She
said, "Kemp talks real good,
but we are oot certain if he .
sincere or not,"
battling conservative mem­
bers of the Republican party
over legislation making it
easier to register to vote. Jack­
son favors the proposal but
objected to provision which
would utomatically purge
voter roDs every two year . On
that provision Jackson said, "I
cannot support any bill which
can and will be used to rna e
leg I m ny of the unjust
schemes which h ve been
devised in the past to dilute
African-American voting
strength."
Republicans tend to op­
pose easier voter registration
because -it is general y
believed tha the majority of
the newly registered voters
would vote Democratic,
R hts
groups set.
confrontation
over Luca
Washington, D.C.
Several of the nation's leading
civil rights organizations ap­
pear to be gearing up for a
major confrontation with the
Bush dministration 'over the
nomination of Black conser­
vative to h d the civil ights
divisio of the Justice Depart­
ment
The NAACP has been in
front of the groups charging
that William Luca of
Michigan does no have the
type of civil rights experience
needed for such an important
position. Plus, the groups fear
that Lucas will continue many
of the polio and pr dices
started by the Reagan ad­
ministration.