Jac son cal for
political 01 tion
Co ti ued fro P. 1
Letts renew the focus on
the original dispute and
negotiate, Jackson. aid.
o leaders in the Gulf are
elected, Jac son noted,
Leadership comes through
family ties. This is a family
thing, he said, the tension IS
not only between Arab and the
west, but between poor Arab
and rich Arab.
Pointing to the media.
Jackson, aid the press was
locking the country into the
personalities of Sadamm Hus­
sein and President George
Bu h.
To solve the crisis. Jackson
ugge ted return to the pre­
August 2 boundaries and
negotiations without value
judgement on the arguments.
"We're running down the
price of blood, running up th
price of oil," Jac on said.
Iraq has poi nted out the in­
con i tencie between what
America says and what it doe
when. it comes to law enforce­
ment, Jackson noted. He said
Iraq has questioned the (oc­
cupation by Israel of) West
Ban , (U.S. invasion of)
Grenada and Panama, and the
(British seizure of. the)
Falkland I lands.
Jackson talked of the ex­
treme poverty among some
Arabs. U.S. military dollars
could be used for a Marshall
Plan for that world, Jackson
said. If the U.S. airlifts troops,
why can't we airlift refugees
out.
Bush and Hussein are talk­
ing at each other instead of
with each other, Jackson said.
"These are serious times. Tbe
U.S. should use tbis moment
to exchange humane gesture
for humane ge ture. Name
calling is beneath th dignity·
of head of state."
Though n w reports now
carry daily report of
Americans coming out of
U of increases minority
faculty numbers
ANN ARBOR- The Univer­
sity of Michigan has hired 52 un-
. derrepresented minority faculty
for the academic year 1990-91
- more than it has ever hired in
a single year t according to
preliminary estimates.
Of tho , 22 are Black, 20 are
Asian, nine are H· panic and
one is Native American. Thirty­
three are men and 19 are
women.
Thirty-eight will fill tenure­
tr ck positio and 14 will be
non-tenure-trac lecturers; all
will teach on the Ann Arbor
campus.
An additional four under­
represented minority faculty -
three men and one woman -
were hired to teach on the U­
M's Flint and Dearborn cam­
puses, bringing the total number
of minority tenure and non­
tenure-track faculty hired on all
three campuses for the '1990-91
cademic year to 56.
It is the second year in a row
that the Ann Arbor campus has
hired more minority faculty than
ever Before. Last year, it hired
45 underrepresented minority
faculty members. In 1988-89, 31
De minority faculty were hired.
In addition to the 52 tenure­
tr c faculty and lecturers, the
Ann Arbor campus hired 15 un­
derrepresented minorities as
temporary/supplemental facul-
. ty, seven of hom are Black five
Asian and three Hispanic.
"Weare gratified by our sue-
cess in attracting increasing
numbers of talented faculty of
color to the U-M," said Presi­
dent James J. Duder tadt. "We
are all still aware that we have a
tas before us, but our progr
over the past three year is due
to a great deal of dedicated ef­
forts by individual faculty,
department heads and deans.
They deserve our thanks."
In the Michigan Mandate,
th University's commitment to
build a model of a pluralistic,
multicultural community,
Duderstadt expressed the U­
M's commitment to develop
strong incentives for minority
faculty recruitment and reten­
tion.
One linchpin of that effort is
the highly successful Target of
Opportunity Fund. Established
in spring 1987, the fund makes
money available from the U-Mts
General Fund to departments
and units with an opportunity to
appoint an underrepresented
enior-Ievel faculty member,
regardless of whether a position
is open that matches the faculty
member's academic interest.
This year, 22 of the 52 new
minority faculty were hired
under the Target of Oppor­
tunity Fund program.
In addition, department
chairs have been encour ged to
continue their efforts to hire
qualified minority faculty to fill
open po itions when­
everpossible.
Kuwait, it was Jackson who
opened the doors bringing tbe
first group home since the
crisis began.in August when
·Iraq invaded Kuwait and
sealed the borders.
"Ho can I do it?" J ckson
asked rhetorically. "Because
I'm interested in alternatives
to war. because omewhere I
read 'blessed are tbe
peacemakers' . "
Jackson noted he was the
first to talk to both the Iraq
and American emba sies, get­
ting information into both
hand ."
This war doe not have to
take place, Jac son said. Get
Iraq back into negotiation.
"I'm urging Iraq to expand
evacuation. Let the electricity
flow (to the U.S. embassy
compound in Kuwait). Don't
penalize Americans in that
compound living in 122
degrees, food spoiling, sleep­
ing outside at night, no
m dicine."
Jack on noted Hussein wa
providing iran portation for
the ho rages and called upon
Moos oto/Detroit Urb a Lea ue
Lya etle Harp, Ith other
gra d other Helee Elli ,rig t.
the Bush administration to
recognize that gesture of
peace. Exchange human ges­
ture for humane gestu e, he
pleaded.
Jackson Ii led five prin­
ciple he said should guide
U.S. foreign policy:
- Do unto others a you
would have them do nto
you.
ip reclple t
Harp, ad
'I - Don't make a mockery
of international Jaw.
- The right of self-de ter- .
mination.
- Economic justice.
. - Human rights.
Patricia Daley contributed
to tfais report.
e b�gan
sho ·
LBurdeDing the child with
exce ive respon ibility
-Forcin the c ild to at­
tempt to conform to unrealis­
tic expectation or
unrea enable demand .
By concentrating on the
child' fa ults the parent ,.
really taking care of hi 0 her
own needs wi th no regarsl.-Sor
the child's unmet need , ac­
cording to Jo ephine Grieve, a
licensed psychologist from
Grand Rapids.
"Children who grow up in
familie that show a lac of
nurturing become unnappy
adults whose lives are filled
with anger, fru tr tion,
depres ion, confu ion, and
health problems," he ide
Suc children often ex­
perience difficulty de ling
with re tricuon impo ed by
chool or any out ide n­
vironrnent and many time
they are labeled' troubled,' • at ,
risk,' or 'anti- ocial' Grieve
noted.
Youthful- violen
in cradle, studie
MA Y KIP
HOOLor
By D DOY R. Cook'
C orrespolldelll
The explo ive outbreak of .
juvenile violence in thi
country has its root in child
abuse, accorui ng to everal
authontie on the ubject.
"Parent, churches, and
school h ve b come lc irn-
portan t i nf'l ue nee on orne
children" due to family abuse,
o say African-American
psychologi t Richard Majors.
"We are about to wi tne
juvenile Violence such a
American have never cen,"
said Charles Ewin . author of
K ids Who Kill. .
Producing U.S. Centers for
Disea e Control tatistic
which indicated murder rate
for African American children
were five time higher than
rate for· European­
American ,Ewing aid mur­
der by teen ha increased five
time fa ter over the pa t five
year than homicide com­
mitted by adults.
"Killings by children will
quadruple by the end of the
decade," he predicted.
"Tnl
OU TRY
Profe or of Early Childho d
Development at We t rn
ichigan Univer ity, aid.
"We pend more to upport
obacco growers than w do
or school lunches."
_ Neglected and abused
oung people often grow up
ith p xchological problem
hat make it difficult for them
o cope in normal society,
. tlaine Landau stated in Child
bu e, An American
pidemlc. "Every year one
and a half million ca es of
hi Id abuse are documented in
hi country," she wrote, "For
very case made known to
uthoritie • over a hundred
other go unreported."
While in i ting that mo t of
t i child abuse is p ychologi­
al. Landau outlined be­
avior con idered abu ive:
-Humiliating the chiid
I -U In .the child a a
tape oat
- alhng the child name
-Rejecting the child
drop out all together indulge
in drugs or alcohol, nd
engage in inappropiate exual
b havior.
"Such behavior not only
add to the pre ent-da y misery
but jeopardize their future a
well," Grieve aid.
Continued 0
P
e 1
doesn't care much for
'children." the eynote peaker
told a Grand Rapid co n­
ferenc of childhood
edu tor and caret ers. By
way of example, Mary Cain.