No· equity
with school
proposals
LANSING - Although the
two school funding proposals
on the Nov. 7 ball promise
more money for public educa­
tion, they will not solve the
problem of equity, says a mem­
ber of the House Education
Committee.
Rep. Joseph F. Young Jr., D­
Detroi said neither the half­
cent sales tax increase UDder
_ ropo I A or the 2-cent in­
crease under Proposal B will
eliminate the disparities in per-
pupil p Jl ing ..
Michigan's chool districts be­
ca they do no recognize the
needs 0 each district.
"I don't e how A or B will
imp ct positively on Detroit. It's
too little, too late, " Young said.
Although supporters of both
me ures agree that their
propo will not reduce the
g p in per pupil spendin be­
tw en rich and poor school dis­
tricts, they both contend that
their propo als are a step in th t
direction.
Rep. elson Saunders, D­
Detroit, a supporter of
Propo al B, aid that B would
eventually help bring a more
equitable funding formula be-
cause it provid s more money
for the poorer school di triets.
. Passage of Proposal B �l
also give poorer district addi­
tional money to move from the
bottom to somewhere in th
middle, said Benton Harbor
Area Schools uperintendent
James Rutter. More important­
ly, it ould give residents in his
district much needed relief
from property taxes.
Proposal B co-sponsor,
Glenn Oxender, R-Sturgis,
added that B would guarantee
that every child in the state
would have a basic level of fund-
ing.
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Conespondent
Wayne Co ty Union of the
Homeless i strictly on a mis-
sion. J
That . ion brought Pippin
and his del ation into conflict
with Ito ele s NOW! or­
ganize ded up by Mitch
Snyder.
Dissensi
tactics to u
prote t leading up (0
aturday's march, Pippin aid.
Pippin and other in the
Homeless Union wanted to
employ civil disobedience, oc­
J, cupying abando d HUD­
owned homes to dr ti the
large inv ntory of v cant HUD
came 0 er which proper tie and th plight of the
during the week of homel Continu (I P g 12
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WSW Admi istration,
Stud n cia h again
DETROIT-Wayne Coun
Union of jh Homeless Presi­
dent Wayne Pippin wonders
what h ppens now on the
Homeless front following the
"glamor and glitz" of the Hous­
ing OW! march on
Washington, D.C. October 7.
The march and rally on the
Washington Mall drew an es­
timated 100,000 demonstraters
and a host of celebrities includ­
ing Lo Losbos Tr cy Chap­
man, Rev. Jesse J ckson, Susan
Day, Mary Wil on, Stevie
Wonder, Lou G t( Jr., Rit
Coolid, Jon Voight and Esther
RoUe.
Referring to the party-like
atmo phere surrounding the
march and rally, Pippin said,
"I'm certain there. must be a
p ce for this kind of thing. but
to me it was glamor and gJitz.
When the sho 's over and
everyone goes home, the initial
concept i clouded 0 er while
the next day's reports consist of
who h d the best time."
Pippin said he appreciated
the role 0 the entertainer in
the home struggle (or their
fundraisin and attention-get­
ting value. But, he said, the
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Proposal B
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Proposal A
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By .A. ABAYOMI
Conesoonden:
press conference.
Errol Henderson, WSU
lumni and Political Science
Ph.D candidate at the Univer-
ity of Michigan sid, "the
university is attemp ing to i 0-
late the negotiating team of the
African American Study-In tu­
dents.
Walter tewart, cbairpe on
ofWSU's Pan African Students
Union, an organization which
h done consistent wor at
WSU involving African world
affair for five year , w invited
to th administration' meeting.
Stewart pointed out that this
was the fir time . organiza-
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I DETROIT Excluding
African American students in­
volved in last spring's ll-day
"Study-In" from Wayne State
Univer ity eeting ignited a
continuing cootrover y. .
Sign r 0 the April list of
demands were not alloweed to
enter a meeti held Oct. 1 be­
t en univer . ty fici and
recognized tudent orga iza-
�o . I
The student leader aid
WSU officials were silencing
them and handpicking other
student repr ntatives ins ead.
So they called an emergency
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