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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&.