student take control.
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Oakland U. controversy
ity new paper as being repre-
sentative of t entire Black
tud nt body, ay 'committee
United und r rhe b of pokesperson Monica WhH ,
"self determination," Oakland whicb she disclaimed.
University' Black tudents The three letters criticized
voted to place Black Aware- the presence of whi on the
ness ontb (BAM) activities committee, the hifting of the
under their own supervi ion. month' focus to multicultural-
During an emergency meet- ism, and demanded the resig
ing called by the _--------� __ nations of tu-
Associ 'on of Oakland has a dent co-chair
Blac Students Jo epb Thur-
(ABS) Tburs:. Black student
man, who is
day, Dec. 6 th oomdation 01'699
Y"Y r.J Black, and the
organization out 01' a total 01'
ucce s fu II Y r.J 'J Director of
quelled po ntial 12,286 students, Campus Pro
divi ions ilhin about 5.7 per- grams Paul Fran-
tbe UDl'VCrsl'ty' klin, who is
� cent.
Blac commu- L.- __, white, from tbe
nity, ith a call committee.
for" elf d termination." Although th committee
A ov. 1 walkout by Bl mcmbelS were in ympalhy with
stude from a BAM commit- the con nt of the letters, they
tee meeting a major cause ere not in compliance with
of controversy on tbe camp . tbe total message.
Three letters Circulated by The ignation ofThunnan
Blae tudents at the ov. 1 from the committee' no longe
meeu dressing the con- afoc in tbecontroversy, with
of three individual tu- ASS helping mooth misun
den ere portrayect in the
Oakland Press and the univer-
2
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o
n
yR.C
tulent
ternal and Child Health Cen
ter.
However, more tban50mil
lion Americans cannot afford
an adequate diet, a major re
quirement for a normal irth
weight, according to the Pby i
cians T Force on Hunger.
.. As your urgeon general,"
Novello, the first female and
first Hi panic surgeon general,
id, "I will speak for the chil
dren." Ho ever, she didn't
mention the U.S. infant mor-
i� 0
Singapore, Ron Pollack, Exec.
Direcjor of Families USA Fo -
dation, noted.
, After producing talistics that
indicated health cos ent up
more than 2 In. tim over t
P t ten y " Pollack aid •
health care bas become a lux
ury item tbat few can afford.
"We are paying more but get-
ting 1 " h aid.
Meanwhile, closer to home,
t incoming Engler admini
tration is considering slashing
'd to famili with dependent
children and killing plans to
creat a p rate department
for -children' rvices, which
would corsolidat programs for
children.
" r on t 1'" co -
ing, accordiug to Rep. David
. Hollister, D-Lansing, ho
ove th Social Services
budget in th House.
Continued on Pag 22
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A recent outbreak of child
hood disease in lo er-income
Amcri<:an ho bot - a 67
increase from the same period
in 1989, according to the Cen
ters for D� Control-says
something un-American about
the Bush administration' re
fusal to join more than 100
other countri and ign t
child rigb treaty adopted a
t by
UN Geoeral embly.
"Tbebestlhingyoucangiv
your child is a normal birth
weight," Bush's Surgeon Gen
eral told an October 19th audi
ence at University of Michi
gan's dedication ofU-M' Ma-
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