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The first of the protests
an e rly April study-in at
Wayoe B de
occupied the Student Servbs
SuildiDg for 11 days" The
pr est ended en Wayne
oflicia qrccd to iDa-cue
miDority dent d faatlty
recr itment aDd create a
dep�rtment for Africa
Adamaay
miDistra -
portuDity to oraOba
tudents.
-nae de e given
to e Monday afternoon
(April 10), with a deadliDe for
ednesday afternoon,"
.' Ai Y said. -rba-e DO
to maIyzc reQ1Iars.
About 50 Black Ferris
State students ocaapied the
Starr Education CeDter OIl the
Big Rapids campus for me
days· early until ofli
Oak agreed to increase op
portunities for miDori· .
Bill Taylor, a Perris
spokesman, said he felt
negotiatioDS ere handled
correctly-
either' side rusbed, d
both talked dUD through,-
� said.
pan
a areness
ualIy.
" the auTeIlt level
of pen. for the schoors
" ority retention p-osram.
which offe S12O,000 per year
COUDSeliDg d related ser
vices.
- Add S20,000 to the Of
fice of Minority Affairs'
DUel_' for ODe employee.
Taylor said the cost of im-
pie - the eemeat wiD .
total S407,000 pel' year. He
said the IDODeY wiD come &om
graDta, fiDucial aid, deYeJop-
, ment funds and auxiliary
gr
An ei t-day· -in MSU
ended May 16 after a 27-hour
n otia· io between
the a aod b ck
deD leaders.
About 150 stu t oc-
aapicd fJoQr of the
J A. IWmah AClllUlUltra
tiOD Late in the' --
in, accas to the first fIoor-
co Icielyblocked.
The sit-m ended hen
meat reached OIl 36
student demands. The
demuds . ded:
- Recognition of the
birthday of artiD Luther
. Jr. . programs d
studea bei exaued &om
- No prosecutio of . _.
,.. . -
partiaputJ, but MSU stu-
r
WICreva
lANSlNG- The Womea,
,baraa" and 0UIdreD (WIC)
program has gone UDder a
reoqaiDJ"IZaI:kl- 11 to awid hud
and ab aiticizcd fail
. UDited' es DeputmeDt
of .Agriculture officials
criticized the program
desiped to aid low-b dget
omen aDd their childre .
saying the MichipD Pub " '
Health DepartmeDt DO
JDODitmiag. properly.
AI Pe actiDg direc-
tor of WI� said the agency
beco IDOI'C ceDtralized
to better' "provide lDOI'e _0-
COUDtabi1ity to the program.
In dditioa, the 1-800-CAU,
WlC -line set up to
parti . to in
p-oble d .uu ....
Those eIigib for WIC· -
dude poYerty- trickeA pres-
IWl and -
children under
reeebe WIC food ps, the
mea go to a local public
health department. TheY are
able to use the stamps food
and baby fromula at 1,900
state-licensed Yeudon aoss
the state. The e thea reim-
Bill
ere e
African
American
Comml on
Slate RepreaentatiYe Ethel
TerreU (D-H· Iud Park),
chairperson of the Ho Civil
Rights Co mittee, an
DouDCeci the co . ee ap-
prOYed a pa e of Ho
and Senate - that would
create a tate commis
sion, office and inter cy
COUDCil on A&ican American
Affairs.
'7be b· Wd elp the
state addre some of the
pr aod concerns fa�
by the stat's largest ethnic
group: Rep. Terrell s id,
"The problems faced by
African Americana are dis
pro��teto��nw.
bers in the pop lation. I
be� � . and private
sec:tor could, beco mud)
more responsive to their
•
While similar COmDmis-
d "�bccn
to � peQfic
c
U President ohn Di-
Biaggio said the si -in a
good learning experience for
eYeryODe involved.
"We came a y with bet�
ter understanding of one
another and better idea of
t to do i the future,- Di
S· . said.
burscs the Yendo "
WIC also has introduced a
ne database system to
.JDOGitor vendors. A tudy by
the Office of the Inspector
General of everal st tes
ound that WlC vendors 0Yer-
charge their respectiYe tates
28 �ts per coupon.
Last fall, Raj Wiener,
Michigan public eaIth direc.
tor, said there d be more
� of the p-ogram by
the attorney general' ofli�.
Peterson . d of 235 haYe
settled ·th the tate. Settle
ments ranged from voluntary
disqualification from the
program to reimbursing the
ency for overcharges, Peter
son said.
Denise CllrysJer, an
tant attorney general in the
public ,health division, id
there were three d;sm;uals of
vendors from the WIC
program since the fall Two
ere later rein rated after
agreeing to go through a WlC .
training'progr
"If public health see to
take an administratiYe actiou
. t a vendor, for example,
to terminate a contract.; I
would be involved,- Cuyslcr
said.
needs of Hispanics, Native
Americans, women d th
with physical disab .. DO
such gency e . ts to sel'Ye
nee of African Americans.
- -The new governmental
bodies uld help the tate
addr prob ems confronted
by African Ameri in areas
.;uch education, emnlov
ment, civil � health, ho -
ins and . " e . d.
The bills uJd also help to
en ur e that African
Americans d greater a
to decision marring bodi d
realer input into policie
which affect" them, the High
d Park legislator said.
An additional bill wa
passed that would od the
Elliott-Lar en Civil Rights
�ct to prohibit di aimination
based on person' source of
legal income. "Under this bill,-
tared Rep. Terrell, the op
portunity to obtain housing
without disaimina . n d to
the source of a person' Iep1
income wouJd be a civil right
Many ti ,tho e per ODS
receiving social services . -
tance are discriminated
. t i h • ThisbiD
uId seen to e d this from
baPIJCIlJD&.